Saturday, July 11, 2015

3D Printing Gives a Pregnant Mother The Best Gift

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30-year-old Tatiana Guerra never thought she would be able to see her baby and this moment was something she had come to terms with. When she went for a routine ultrasound, she never expected to see her son. That's because she lost her sight at the age of 17.



But there was a surprise in store for her this time. A 3-D printing team and her doctor created a printed sculpture based on the ultrasound image. This allowed Guerra to touch the image of her son's face and experience what he might look like before being born.

 
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 The sculpture was also written in braille, bearing the words ' I am your Son' on its base

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Check out the video of the whole story here below