COVID-19 Articles

Makelab’s Christina Perla on 3D Printing PPE For Hospital Workers

Tech companies around the world are shifting their services in the age of COVID-19 to be able to accommodate a growing need for personal protective equipment and other services on the front line. . Google and Apple are implementing new contact tracing strategies,...

London hospital trust opens ‘3D printing farm’ to make visors for NHS staff on coronavirus frontline

A London hospital trust has opened a “ 3D printing farm” to produce 1,500 face visors a day for frontline staff. . Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS trust has teamed up with 3D printing firms and enthusiasts and has more than 200 machines working 24 hours a day to create the...

In the battle against coronavirus, 3D-printed nasal swabs enter the health care arsenal

As the nation battles a COVID-19 testing kit shortage, 3-D printed nasal swabs could help alleviate the burden. . As America attempts to contain the coronavirus outbreak, 3D - printed nasal swabs are being touted to boost health care workers’ testing arsenal. With...

B.C. boy finds internet fame after 3D printing ear guards for doctors and nurses

When Quinn Callander and his mother Heather Roney entered an online contest, they thought they had a pretty good chance at winning a camp-stove. . What they didn’t expect, however, was to become an overnight sensation and start an international movement that directly...