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Rubia Machado lost her left leg from above the knee 10 years ago as a result of a motorcycle accident, but this amputee is not one to give in easy. The bodacious Brazilian is training hard at the gym in preparation to take part in the 7th annual Miss BumBum contest, a compeition for most beautiful backside, and her disability is not slowing her down at all.
This is Soekchen a bumbling secretary bird that got a new lease on life after being fitted with a prosthetic leg. This feathered friend suffered a trauma to her leg and vets had to remove the limb. However, she's bouncing around again in the Walsrode Bird Park thanks to her new artificial limb. Soekchen is clearly overjoyed with being able to walk again and grateful to her carers for getting her the help she needed. The four-year-old bird got the new prosthetic leg which was built with the same 3D-technologies as prosthetics for children. In order to create anything with a 3D printer, you first have to make a 3D design using special software. The design is then used by the printer as instructions to form the shape you want. 3D printers place small bits of plastic down as layers, starting from the bottom of the design and slowly adding more layers on top until its ready. And what could have been another sad story turned into the happy ending as Soeckchen immediately became a superstar of the park, attracting more and more visitors. It's no wonder - Soekchen's strange walk seems to have the love of life built into it.
An intelligent prosthetic leg is blending robotics and electronics to allow the knee and the ankle to communicate and give amputees a level of mobility previously unheard of. Stuart McDill reports.
After having her leg amputated below the knee following a car accident three months ago, taekwondo instructor Lydia Meeks decided that she wanted to help others with disabilities, and began teaching classes to special needs kids with her husband Tim.
Romina, a Whippet who lost both her front legs in a terrible accident, receives a prosthetic leg printed using advanced 3D technology. Sharon Reich reports.
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
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