Gallery: Look at These Crazily Realistic 3-D Printed Noses and Ears
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Fripp Design, a consultancy in Sheffield, England is modernizing the process of manufacturing prosthetics by combining 3-D printer and scanner technology. *Photo: Fripp Design*
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Digital sculptors use data from 3-D scanners and a library of 3-D modeled body parts to repair damaged areas and add pores, birthmarks, and wrinkles to make the prosthetic feel organic and age appropriate. *Photo: Fripp Design*
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Skin color is captured in the photographs and overlaid on the simulation to create a perfect match with the surviving tissue. *Photo: Fripp Design*
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Attaching the finished prostheses to the patient is as easy as plugging in a Macbook—hidden magnets allow it to be attached to steel rods in the skull. *Photo: Fripp Design*
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“Post processing is an integral part of any 3-D printer's production process and it is this area that we focused on with our prosthetics project,” says Fripp and the result was a flesh like substance. *Photo: Fripp Design*
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The 3-D printed parts feature realistic skin color and are infiltrated with a medical grade silicone to add flexibility and robustness. *Photo: Fripp Design*
