By Angela Haggerty

A 3D printer could give a beakless penguin in Warsaw zoo a new lease of life after Polish scientists intervened to see if they could help.

Bartek Jarkiewicz found out about the penguin’s plight after approaching the zoo to see if there was any opportunity to provide his MTT Polska firm’s 3D printing capabilities. When the zoo asked if it was possible to create a new beak for one of their penguins, he set off on the project.

Soon, scientists from Omni3D, a Polish producer of printers, made a 3D scan of a dead penguin’s beak to provide an idea of the Read full story ›

Source: The Drum