by David | Mar 29, 2020 | 3D News, COVID-19, Maker Movement, Medical, People
A grassroots effort, bubbling right here in Oregon, is helping solve one of the biggest problems our frontline heroes are facing: a rapidly dwindling stock of personal protective equipment (PPE). . Healthcare workers and makers joined up to help fill the need. ....
by David | Mar 29, 2020 | Companies, COVID-19, Medical
Hospitals are running dangerously low on personal protective equipment, so an Oakland-based 3D printing company is stepping in to help the medical community with the PPE shortage amid the novel coronavirus pandemic. . FATHOM is an advanced manufacturing and 3D...
by David | Mar 29, 2020 | 3D News, COVID-19, Medical
Since the initial news flurry about how a network of Italian 3D printing users came to the rescue of a hospital on the front lines of the COVID-19 outbreak in Northern Italy, a number of new stories have come out about how additive manufacturing (AM) is or could be...
by David | Mar 28, 2020 | 3D 101, 3D Hobbyists, 3D Models, Maker Movement
Have you gone stir crazy yet? If you need a break from gaming (as if!) and own a 3D printer, you can try printing out your own network attached storage (NAS) box. . It’s all thanks to design files recently made available by a modder and tinkerer who goes by...
by David | Mar 28, 2020 | Automotive
Bugatti is taking advantage of 3D printing to construct components for its series of low-volume models, what the company refers to as “one-off” cars. . The automaker first tested the waters a couple of years ago with a 3D-printed brake caliper made from...
by David | Mar 28, 2020 | 3D News, Companies, COVID-19, Medical
As small 3D printing businesses and individual users jump at a chance to support efforts to manufacture critically needed medical supplies, larger corporations also see opportunities to lend aid. Among the names involved are HP, Airbus, and Ford. Emergency Bagger and...
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by David | Mar 27, 2020 | Companies, COVID-19, Manufacturing and Supply Chain, Medical
As many industrial giants around the world (Tesla, Ferrari, Airbus, FCA just to mention a few) take extensive measures to repurpose their production lines, for 3D printing companies this is just a matter of changing the CAD file. . While 3D printing alone does not...
by David | Mar 27, 2020 | 3D News, COVID-19, Education and Research, Medical
A team of engineering students and faculty at Jacobs School of Engineering at UC San Diego have developed a device to convert a manual ventilator into an automatic ventilator. . This system uses 3D-printed parts to compress the bag to push air into a patient’s lungs....
by David | Mar 27, 2020 | Companies, COVID-19, Manufacturing and Supply Chain, Medical
Siemens today announced that it is making its Additive Manufacturing Network and in-house 3D printing capabilities available to medical providers across the globe to help accelerate the design and manufacturing of in-demand medical components. . Siemens hopes its...
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