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Bystanders watch as Moroccan authorities and firefighters work to rescue five-year-old boy Rayan, who has been trapped in a deep well for over two days, near Bab Berred in Morocco's rural northern province of Chefchaouen. IMAGES
Herat, Jun 3 (EFE/EPA).- The number of war victims seeking prosthetic limbs in Afghan province of Herat has increased by almost 50 percent this year, said the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) office in Herat.At least 62 people, including eight children, have been injured during clashes in the province over the last four months.The Orthopedic Hospital of the Red Cross Institute is able to provide 200 pieces of artificial limbs per day with over 69 people working in the center, nearly all of them are former patients or disabled who received support from the ICRC center or other center. (Camera: JALIL REZAYEE).SHOT LIST: AFGHAN WORKERS WORK AT THE ORTHOPEDIC HOSPITAL OF THE RED CROSS INSTITUTE, THAT PRODUCE ARTIFICIAL LIMBS FOR DISABLED SUPPORTED BY THE INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE OF THE RED CROSS (ICRC) IN HERAT, AFGHANISTAN.
Kim Kardashian West has confirmed she is expecting a baby boy via a surrogate with husband Kanye West "sometime soon".
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.
Bolivian teen Leonardo Viscarra, who grew up without his left hand, has designed and built his own prosthesis using a 3D printer at his school and design help from Thingiverse. The 14-year-old was diagnosed with amniotic band syndrome, a birth defect which left him without his left hand. His prosthesis is made thermoplastic works with nylon threads that collect movements from his wrist and transmits them to the prosthetic fingers. Amazingly, the prosthetic cost Leonardo only about $100.
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.
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