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3D Printing and COVID-19, April 4, 2020 Update
Companies, organizations and individuals continue to attempt to lend support to the COVID-19 pandemic supply effort. We will be providing regular updates about these initiatives where necessary in an attempt to ensure that the 3D printing community is aware of what is...
3D Printing and COVID-19, April 3, 2020 Update
Companies, organizations and individuals continue to attempt to lend support to the COVID-19 pandemic supply effort. We will be providing regular updates about these initiatives where necessary in an attempt to ensure that the 3D printing community is aware of what is...
3D-printer owners rally to produce protective equipment as stocks dwindle
With healthcare workers facing shortages of protective equipment such as masks, gloves and visors, an informal network of doctors, engineers, designers and 3D printing hobbyists is scrambling to produce these in Australia. . Domestic stocks of personal protective...
Your 3D printer could make you a COVID-19 hero
It’s hard not to feel helpless in these difficult times, but if you have a 3D printer, you might play a key role in supporting B.C.’s health-care workers in the coming months. . Two B.C. companies, Victoria-based Crisis Rapid Prototyping Society (CRPS) and...
Solving Pressing Challenges: 3D Printing of Medical Grade Face Shields
As medical care providers on the front lines deliver patient care during the COVID-19 pandemic, a Duke task force is also working to ensure Duke Health does not experience a medical equipment supply shortage similar to hospitals around the country. . The task force...
PPE: How to 3D print your own protective equipment
Have you been looking rather sadly at your plastic pinny and face mask wondering how it could possibly protect you? One man thought he could fix that problem; Josef Prusa, the founder of a 3D printing company, Prusa Printers. . After an intensive weekend of designing...
“Honestly, it’s overwhelming:” 3D Printing enthusiasts see large community response to protective shield project
Last week, Local 5 met a group of 3D printing enthusiasts using their hobby for good, creating protective shields for first responders and medical professionals on the front lines during the coronavirus pandemic. . Since that story aired, the printers have been...
Federal agencies collaborate on developing 3D-printed masks
Three federal agencies have banded together to develop 3D printing models for masks as hospital systems run low on personal protective equipment during the coronavirus pandemic. . The Food and Drug Administration, National Institutes of Health and Department of...
Crowdsourcing 3D printers set to create essential PPE for Australian hospitals
In a new crowdsourcing initiative anyone with an idle 3D printer is being encouraged to power it up and help manufacture essential protective equipment for medical staff throughout Australia. . Idle and public-held 3D printers are needed to help create PPE supplies...
Coronavirus: Are 3D printers the Silicon Valley solution to shortage of hospital supplies?
As they brace for a surge in coronavirus patients, Bay Area hospitals are turning to Silicon Valley in a bid to stock up on badly needed protective gear for doctors and nurses. . The nonprofit Maker Nexus in Sunnyvale was abuzz on Wednesday, as a laser cutter spit...