Dog With 3D-Printed Legs Gets an Upgrade (gizmag.com) 36
An anonymous reader writes with this update about Derby who was born with a congenital deformity that deprived him of front paws and was outfitted with a pair of 3-D-printed prosthetics. According to Gizmag: "You might remember Derby, a dog who was born with a congenital deformity but last year received a 3D-printed prostheses that enabled him to run for the first time. Well, it's onward and upward for Derby and his carers, who have now crafted an upgraded set of custom prostheses allowing him to walk proudly with a straight back and even sit like a healthy dog."
Great story, great tech. (Score:1)
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I can tell you right now, there are very few people who wish to walk and/or sit like a dog. Maybe if they've lost some of their limbs and there is something else wrong that prevents them from sitting or standing upright, they may find it acceptable, but that would be a really rare case.
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Seems to me that you've thrown your own gauntlet. Make it happen.
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Words be true, but where find ye replacements when ye take a cutlass to the knee while scourging the high seas, matey?
Yes, that's a good lad, me boy. Now take down the admiral and there's a belly rub in it for ye and grog in your water tonight!
[pardon the accent]
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No it has its place for prototyping and also certain one-offs with difficult shapes or properties. But I see many funny applications that have cheap easy solutions, like custom fit grips for tools that can be done very cheaply by squeezing the right kind of silicone caulk in place with oiled rubber gloves
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like custom fit grips for tools that can be done very cheaply by squeezing the right kind of silicone caulk in place with oiled rubber gloves
I've read around on this, and done some experimenting with casting with silicone. I haven't tried it yet, but supposedly you can squirt it into a bucket of water, then pick it up and mold it like putty for a few minutes and it will rapidly soft-set, then cure in the usual time or less. Oh yeah, and "the right kind" is the cheap kind that says on the container that it releases acetic acid when it cures, and not "Silicone II" etc. It moisture-cures, hence the bucket of water.
What I'm missing right now is an e
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I'm an engineer; accurate forces and torques not an issue nor is testing.
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so why would you delay by involving a company if you had the competency to make a solution the same day that was just as comfortable?
you use some kind of emotional smokescreen to hide the stupidity of your argument
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it doesn't look like surgery was involved. Just padding and velcro?
Awesome work though. But Derby still seems to lack lateral control, the attachments don't seem to anchor well laterally so he walks with a lot of sway. (and I didn't see any videos of him running with them)
Gotta wonder how abrastive (painful?) that is on his stubs, that weren't designed to take his weight and force in that way.
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If not, who made this decision, and what qualified this individual to do so?
The dogs owner made the decision, and he is qualified because he isn't an animal torturer like you who enjoys seeing living things in agony.
Sincerely, fuck you.
Cool (Score:2)
dog pants are so hot right now (Score:2)
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Two pair. One for the front legs and another pair for the hind legs.
wonderful but... (Score:1)
damn this is some amazing work and
massive kudos to tara and all involved
but...
why can we not regenerate limbs yet?
with all the war vets missing limbs and enumerable congential cases
like this why do we not yet know how to trigger regrowth in a limb.
this needs to be a focus for near term bio development
figure out how to turn on the regeneration genes (like lizards with tails)
make it happen - make the world better
I found a video of the new legs (Score:1)
http://content.jwplatform.com/previews/SEnMict2-ERPbx32c [jwplatform.com]
The short legs were better (Score:3)