MakerLab becoming a hub of 3-D printed shell implants for injured pets

Thursday, September 6, 2018 - 09:23 in Paleontology & Archaeology

These days, you can 3-D print toys, full-size skeletons, Halloween masks, art projects, mechanical parts and building blocks. You can also print tortoise shells—or, as the MakerLab at Northern Arizona University's Cline Library did recently, implants for damaged tortoise shells to help a couple of local pets survive.

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