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How 3D printing is helping with a medical supplies shortage
The healthcare industry is the most critically affected area since the start of the pandemic outbreak. Having to cater to thousands of patients that need care and treatment for weeks-long has not only burdened medical facilities, but it has also shocked the entire...
Coronavirus: Ultimaker Provides 3D Printing Support to Hospitals
Ultimaker is offering its 3D printing expertise and its engineers to hospitals to help them cope with the situation and the lack of equipment. . As countries around the world are fighting the COVID-19 pandemic, Netherlands-based Ultimaker announced that they are...
After Couple Publishes 3D-Printing Guide for Face Masks, Hundreds of Volunteers Start Making Them for Free
3D-printing enthusiasts all over the world are voluntarily making free, biodegradable protective plastic face masks for healthcare workers fighting the COVID-19 outbreaks—and it’s all thanks to a small business in upstate New York. . Isaac Budmen and Stephanie Keefe...
Innovation Goes Viral: How Collective Ideation Could Empower Overnight Answers to the COVID-19 Pandemic’s Grand Challenges
Photo Credit: Michael Aiken, 2020 Until a reliable SARS-COV-2 vaccine is developed, leaders around the globe are being forced to confront and manage a “grim equilibrium”: one that balances economic sustainability with vulnerable citizen mortality rates....
The US Is Desperate For Ventilators and N95 Masks. Can We 3D Print Them?
The coronavirus pandemic has turned manufacturing upside down. General Motors, which normally manufactures cars, has begun work on ventilator production; so have Ford and Tesla. Fashion designer Christian Siriano, meanwhile, has pivoted from hosting Project Runway to...
Superfeet offers 3D-printing services to medtech companies to combat coronavirus
Insole and footwear maker Superfeet announced today that it is offering immediate access to 3D printers and/or production facilities to help with short-term demand for medical supplies as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. . The Ferndale, Wash.–based company said...
To fight coronavirus, 3D printer company Carbon helps make face shields
Carbon's L1 3D printers can make products with a wide variety of properties, from hard plastic to squishy shock absorbing materials in shoes and helmets. Carbon, a startup whose 3D printers are used to make everything from bicycle seats to teeth straighteners, is now...
Responding to Covid-19 with 3D printing
Stratasys is using its 3D printing resources to combat the current pandemic. The first step is the production of disposable face shields. Stratasys Ltd. has announced a global mobilisation of the company’s 3D printing resources and expertise to respond to the Covid-19...
Researchers study drug to reduce COVID-19 complications
Canadian researchers launched a study Monday into the use of a powerful anti-inflammatory drug to reduce the risks of pulmonary complications and death related to the new coronavirus. . Several COVID-19 patients have had severe complications from a surge of activated...
America 2.0 Alert: Coronavirus Fast-Forwarding 3D Printing
One of our America 2.0 mega trends is being fast-tracked through the coronavirus crisis. The 3D-printing industry is more important now than ever before. Right now, 3D-printing factories are creating ventilators, medical supplies and face masks at rapid speed. . This...