Eric Blue Rabbit 3
Blue Rabbit 3
In a world that’s full of so much stuff. I feel that expanding on the idea of 3D printing horseshoes is a satisfactory idea. I chose this idea when I read about a horse in Australia named Holly with Laminitis. CSIRO created titanium horseshoes for her easing her pain by taking the pressure away for inflicted leg. Seeing this article put 3D printing in perspective for me. You have this amazing device that can print almost anything you want it too. I really like the application of 3D printing in the fields of Human and Veterinary medicine worldwide, and I’m excited to see how this technology improves medical advances. I became familiar with horses as a teen working on my friends farm and a summer camp that did trail rides for kids. I learned some about the equine species. Horses are noble creatures that throughout history we’ve relied on for big and small jobs. I feel without them this work wouldn’t be accomplished as efficiently. So I think if 3D printing can help relive the pain of inflicted horses then we should. This iteration of my project really didn’t expand or greatly impact the project as a whole. I still want to pursue the idea from the same aspect as before. Maybe it put a little more fuel in the motivation tank and that’s always a plus. Horseshoes are also good luck charms that ward off evil spirits and brings good fortune. The creation of a horseshoe is an amazing thing all around, and through the images below I will attempt to express said idea.
Ross, Eric ” 3D horseshoes.” 2014. PNG
The above image is a screenshot of my horseshoe in a popular program called Blender.
CSIRO ” 3D printed horseshoe to improve racing performance” 2013 JPEG
The above image is a pair of 3D printed titanium horseshoes made by CSIRO.
Davidson, Elaina “Lucky Horseshoe” 2013 JPEG
The above image tells a little about horseshoes being lucky.
Bibliography
Davidson, Elaina ” Lucky Horseshoe” 2013 JPEG
< http://elainajdavidson.blogspot.com/2013/11/lucky-horseshoe.html>
CSIRO ” 3D printed horseshoe to improve racing performance” 2013 JPEG
< http://www.csiro.au/Portals/Media/3D-printed-horseshoe-to-improve-racing-performance.aspx>
Hey Eric, interesting application of 3d printing. I would have never thought of veterinary medicine as an area of potential for 3d printing but certainly medical advances should be used to aid the lives of all creatures. Do you think that horses might be more accepting of a 3d printed horseshoe? It could be custom fitted and made out of more comfortable materials than iron. What other veterinary applications might there be? 3d printed wing bones for injured birds? Armor for whales? I would also like to interrogate one of the last sentences in your post. Do you think a plastic 3d printed horseshoe has the same “evil-warding” capabilities that an iron one might have? Does the magic come from the shape of the horseshoe or the material?
I’m not totally sure if a plastic horseshoe would have the same evil warding capabilities as a iron one. There is a few stories out there as to why horseshoes are lucky. One is about the devil that wanted shoes from a blacksmith because the he/she had hooves and the. The other story tells of a Celtic moon goddess, and evil feared the horseshoes above the door because they were shaped like the goddesses crescent. I think it is amazing if we can use 3D printing to aid animals that are hurt and diseased.
What a deal, we get to help our horse buddies and we get a good luck charm. In this class we’ve talked a lot about what and where our minds are but we haven’t talked about our the connection with our animal pals. I think that my dogs brain is a subset of my brain, that is my skull contains his brain plus a little more (my interpretation not his)so I think we’re closer to the animal people than a lot of folks realize.
A very interesting idea and I like the fact that you are trying to apply 3D printing technology to helping animals. However as I understand it these horseshoes that you are printing wouldn’t be able to help horses because they are made out of plastic which could break. However I find the idea of printing out horseshoes as good luck charms to be incredibly interesting because it is sort of like the collision of two worlds the modern technological side of life and the old superstitious side.
-Tobias Hope Young