animals
Furever3D Will 3D Print Miniature Replicas of Your Furry Friends Using Your Photos
I am a lifelong animal lover. It started with Felix the goldfish when I was five years old, and continued with our family parakeets, Chip and Dale. I had a…
Volunteers Needed for the CAP Project: 3D Printed Prosthetics for Animals
Seeing an injured animal breaks my heart, and I know I’m not alone in that. Of course it’s hard to see an injured person, too, but there’s something about the…
Red-Crowned Crane Receives 3D Printed Beak
With the exception of the infamous cock-fighting rings, bird fights aren’t normally those associated with guts and gore in the animal kingdom. However, I’ve come to believe that this is…
3D Printed Surgical Models Can Be Used to Help Animals, Too
Most animal lovers have known the sorrow of losing a beloved pet. It’s horrible, especially when you have to make the decision to put an animal to sleep because of…
What Is This, a House for Fleas? Canadian 3D Printing Services Company Makes 440 Very Small Augmented Reality Homes
Thank’s to one of Canada’s very first 3D printing services providers, global animal and pet health and pharmaceutical company Zoetis was able to run the world’s largest 3D printing and…
Pawsthetics Needs Your Help to Design and 3D Print Prostheses for Pets with Special Needs
Traditionally made prosthetic devices can cost the disabled community thousands, if not tens of thousands of dollars, to have custom designed. But in the last few years 3D printing has…
Fred the Tortoise Receives a 3D Printed Shell After a Horrific Fire Destroys His Original
One of my favorite reasons for covering the 3D printing space is the fact that I get to report on some really inspiring stories. I’m an animal lover and love…
3D Printed Open Source Adaptable Wheelchair Design Released for Handicapped Dogs
Luisa the dog had a very tough start in life. Her mother, a stray dog in Italy, gave birth to a litter of pups on a property where they weren’t…
South Africa: Amputee Goose, Ozzie, Receives 3D Printed Leg Prosthetic
While we come across so many scientific, complex stories regarding 3D printing every day, much of it based around transforming industry, helping to save lives, and working as a general…
Own a HappyToadlet or a NaturalChicken? Win the Formlabs Contest with 3D Printed Namesake Model
There’s nothing more pleasurable in daily life than when work and fun intersect, and many of us — yours truly included — are glad to say that’s often an everyday…
‘Hobbes’ the Terrier to Receive 3D Printed Prosthetic Front Leg with Special Harness
With 3D printing affecting so many different facets of nearly every field these days — or at least garnering an interest — it’s no surprise that we humans are using…
Outrage Over Attack on Costa Rican Toucan Will Lead to a 3D Printed Beak for ‘Grecia’
A toucan from the forest of Grecia, Costa Rica was brought before veterinarians and, though the bird was found to be in good health otherwise, it was missing half its…
Felix the Sheep Fitted With a 3D Printed Prosthetic Leg
It’s back to Woodstock, and today we aren’t headed down to Yasgur’s farm, but rather to Jenny Brown and Doug Abel’s Woodstock Farm Animal Sanctuary. These are some lucky farm animals…
Hyperactive Dog? No Problem — This 3D Printed Toy Will Tire Your Dog Out
Most of us have the experienced the expansive ups — and downs — of having a puppy. Much like having children, you bring them home and suddenly discover there are…
Tesseract Design’s 3D Printed Mini-Headphones For Pets: When Guinea Pigs Need to Rock!
Oregon’s Tesseract Design is one of those companies that is obviously confident in their abilities both to encourage and foster tackling challenging projects with their clients, and then go right to the…
3D Printed Wheelchair Aids Branco the One-eyed, Broken Spine Dog, Prior to Unfortunate Death
One of the things that gets under my skin the most when people talk about 3D printing, are those individuals who focus on only the negative aspects of the technology….
Animal Organization is 3D Printing a Life-size Elephant Using Uniquely Modified Ultimaker 3D Printers
We have seen 3D printing used for many great causes, including the creation of unique devices, braces, and aids for animals around the world. Whether it was the printing of…
Quack-Quack The Duck Walks Again Thanks to a 3D Printed Leg Brace
Every year there are thousands of birds that get injured by vehicles, clothes lines, hunters or other animals. Many times they are injured to a point where they can no…