Cancer patient receives 3D printed ribs in world's first surgery

Sure, it's cute enough to print intricate rooks in metal, but it's not like you're exactly saving lives there.

Printing a rib cage for a patient who's about to lose his to bone cancer, though? That's a frickin' miracle.

And that's clearly something that would never be feasible on a large production scale because every rib cage is going to be differently sized, differently shaped, differently damaged.

We live in amazing times, folks...amazing.