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Gilman, Park School and others donate 3D printers to produce emergency supplies at LifeBridge
A handful of local private schools are donating their 3D printing equipment to LifeBridge Health to aid the system in producing more medical supplies, which are currently in short supply and high demand amid the COVID-19 pandemic. . As emergency production efforts...
Boyceville student, teacher using 3D printer to make medical masks
In an effort to help solve the medical mask shortage, one local school district is using some unusual technology. The halls of Boyceville High School have been quiet the past few weeks, except for the hum of one machine that may make a huge impact on local...
3D printers used to educate and entertain kids are redeployed to the coronavirus frontlines
For years, libraries, schools and summer camps have used 3D printers as a lure to teach kids about tech. Now, with such places shut down by the coronavirus pandemic, teachers, librarians and others are employing that hardware in the war against COVID-19. . David...
Makers are rushing to fight coronavirus with 3D printed face shields and test swabs
When Madiha Choksi, a research and learning technologies librarian at Columbia University, received a call for help from a doctor last week, she didn’t hesitate. Part of her job entails managing the school library’s 3D printing program, so she often gets requests from...
UC San Diego Engineers and Doctors Team Up to Retrofit and Build Ventilators with 3D-Printing
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....
Architecture schools are using digital fab labs to 3D print medical equipment
As the COVID-19 crisis continues to worsen and foreseeable shortages of necessary safety and medical equipment begin to materialize, several initiatives involving designers have sprung up to aid in the production of specialized protective gear for the doctors and...
Concordia University 3D prints medical masks due to shortage
Concordia University's 3D Printing Lab is focusing its efforts on fixing the personal protective equipment (PPE) shortage facing first responders and healthcare workers. . "My friend at Children's reached out last week and said hey, do you have the ability to 3D...
Community college in Ashland 3D printing medical supplies
An array of 3-D printers whirred and chattered through the night and into Tuesday at Ashland Community and Technical College, turning spools of plastic filament into much-needed medical supplies. . The printers are making face shields and respirator masks which the...
3D printers at Tennessee Tech used to help fight COVID-19
Tennessee Tech University is responding to the call to fight COVID-19 with 3D printing. The university is using the printers to make hundreds of headbands for facemasks to meet a need for medical workers. . University officials got the call Saturday morning to work...