This technology takes computers, and printers to a whole new level.

Ferris Pfeiffer's quiet little street in Boonville, looks like just any other street. And his garage seems just like any other garage. But take a closer look, and you will see that Pfeiffer's garage is in fact anything but ordinary.

"Best part for me is probably something new everyday," says Pfeiffer, who owns Pfeiffer Engineering. "Today, I'm printing a spine, tomorrow I'm machining a new device of some kind. The next day I'm testing artificial pelvis models, the next day we are testing tendons or ligaments or this that and the other. It's just a variety of it."

Pfeiffer is an engineer who takes CT scans he gets from doctors and turns them into 3-D models of human spines and other bones on his computer then prints them out.

"This one starts from the bottom and comes up," Pfeiffer said.

Pfeiffer prints more than spines, he also prints a lot of animal bones for veterinary use.

"So, it takes a little bit of the guess work out and if they are going to make any mistakes it's in this cheap material here that's a couple dollars rather than irreversible damage to the dog," said Pfeiffer.

From his computer at home Pfeiffer also does computer modeling and simulation work as well.

"We can take the before, try and simulate the after, and then we can ask the questions about that," said Pfeiffer.

And one local doctor agrees.

"And with some of the studies he does with the computer modeling it was kind of, 'Hey this is great' because you can do the same patient over and over again different ways and you can find out which way is better and you always want to improve what you are doing," said orthopedic Dr. Dennis Abernathie.

As for the cost,"full spine is around $450 probably," says Pfeiffer.

But some say, believe it, it's worth it.

"So, it's a way to explain what's going on," Dr. Abernathie said. "It's much like if we had this conversation on the radio it wouldn't be as helpful, but if I can show you this is what a spine looks like, it becomes more important and if you are going to consider surgery looking at a picture on the wall doesn't mean as much as something I can touch and feel and kind of look at."

It is a way for engineers and doctors to work together.

"I try as best I can to work with everybody because I think everyone's chasing the same answer," Pfeiffer said. "They want better outcomes for their patients and if I can help provide any data to that end, I feel like I've done my part."

Doctors agree that what comes out of Ferris's garage is indeed anything but ordinary.