{"id":2148,"date":"2013-06-26T17:29:00","date_gmt":"2013-06-26T17:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/archives\/2148-disabled-duck-gets-3d-printed-foot.html"},"modified":"2014-07-03T17:28:37","modified_gmt":"2014-07-03T17:28:37","slug":"disabled-duck-gets-3d-printed-foot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/disabled-duck-gets-3d-printed-foot","title":{"rendered":"Disabled Duck Gets 3D Printed Foot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Meet Buttercup!&nbsp; He was born with a backwards foot, but thanks to 3D printing, now he will be walking with a prosthetic foot!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/duck_1.jpg\"><br \/>Buttercup&#8217;s owner, a software engineer by trade, saw his struggle and teamed up with 3D printing company, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.novacopy.com\/NEWS\/Press-Releases\/2012-Press-Releases\/3D-Printer-Solutions\" target=\"_blank\">Novacompany<\/a>.&nbsp; After looking at photos of Buttercup&#8217;s sister&#8217;s foot, they were able to design a solution.&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p>Although the plastics typically used in 3D printing are not flexible enough for walking, a mold was made and is being used to create a silicone foot.&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/duck_4.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>This lucky duck will be walking in his new prosthetic in a few weeks&#8211;all because of 3D printing technology!&nbsp; Awesome!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meet Buttercup!&nbsp; He was born with a backwards foot, but thanks to 3D printing, now he will be walking with&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":14829,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2148","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/duck_4-625x464.jpg","yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.9 (Yoast SEO v23.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Disabled Duck Gets 3D Printed Foot - Shapeways Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Meet Buttercup!&nbsp; He was born with a backwards foot, but thanks to 3D printing, now he will be walking with a prosthetic foot! 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