3D printing has shown off its many different forms of use by means of helping animals, to producing a cost-efficient manufacturing process, to assisting those in the medical industry with transplants ...

A tortoise in Brazil just received a unique gift: a 3D printed shell. The tortoise, named Fred, was found with 85% of its shell burnt in a forest fire. The group who came to Fred’s rescue, called the ...

The sea creature arrived at San Diego's Birch Aquarium in 2014 Ingrid Vasquez is a Digital News Writer at PEOPLE. She graduated from The University of Texas at Austin with a Bachelor in Journalism.

Between all the media coverage of using 3D printers for human prosthetics, some individuals are making a difference for animals too by using 3D printing. And here’s one we really didn’t expect; a ...

LA JOLLA (NEWS 8) - The Birch Aquarium teamed up with the Digital Media Lab at UC San Diego to create what is believed to be the first 3D printed brace for a sea turtle shell - giving an endangered ...

Please don't jump on Cleopatra if you meet her. She isn't a real life red-shelled Koopa Troopa -- she's just wearing a 3D-printed prosthesis. See, Cleo the tortoise suffers from pyramiding, which ...

When the Kickstarter launches, it will cost $179 for the machined aluminum version, but if that’s too much, its makers say ...