Last august, 3D printing designer and engineer Joris van Tubergen thought up a clever method for drawing attention to the plight of endangered elephants for World Elephant Day. Using five ingeniously-modified Ultimaker 3D printers, van Tubergen was able to 3D print a life-size elephant live at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol as a part of World Animal Protection‘s “Get Off the Elephant” campaign. The campaign necessitated that a petition to end tourist elephant rides, which land these majestic creatures in abusive captivity, be signed in order to ensure the completion of the 3D printing process. …
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