WETA created a fully functional mermaid tail for a double leg amputee

[JayJ79]

I saw this on Tumblr, and thought of you guys. My apologies if it has already been covered elsewhere.

http://ultrafactsblog.com/post/115149052121/the-team-over-at-weta-completed-a-rather-unusual

Weta Workshop (the folks that did the special effects for the Lord of the Rings movies) created a fully functional mermaid tail for a woman who has had both legs amputated.

[JayJ79]

oops, I guess the original story was from like 2009, so it is not exactly "news", despite my having just now seeing it. Mods can feel free to delete this thread if they like.

[Maethor]

That's awesome! I was just thinking the other day if this would be possible for amputees!

[OceanWhisper]

This is so amazing! Technology nowadays is just incredible

[Mermaid Kelda]

There has been a thread about this - http://mernetwork.com/index/showthread.php?3908-Weta-workshop-s-tail-NZ-news-report
All you need to do is type "weta" into the search bar ;)