In our 3D Universe Untethered sequence, we get to listen to from individuals throughout all completely different industries. However the advantages of digital fabrication transcend business – and generally, these applied sciences can allow motivated teams of people to give you options when bigger organizations both can not or is not going to achieve this.
We expect we are able to all agree that 2020 was fairly a yr! Among the many many impacts of the COVID pandemic was the disruption of provide chains, leading to shortages of many merchandise, together with Private Protecting Tools (PPE).
To handle this problem, a gaggle of volunteers got here collectively in March of 2020 to collaboratively develop numerous open-source masks designs that may be produced utilizing reasonably priced digital fabrication applied sciences (i.e. 3D printers, laser cutters, and desktop vacuum formers). This group finally turned often called the BE Masks staff (the “BE” stands for Buffalo and e-NABLE, representing the 2 major communities that joined forces for this initiative). And should you head over to their web site at bemask.org, you’ll discover heaps extra details about this work.
Members of the staff come from native hospitals, universities, and industrial manufacturing. Contributors embody engineers, IT analysts, researchers, designers, well being and security directors, and clinicians from immunopathology, biomedical informatics, dentistry, orthology, and anatomy. Specialists in 3D printing from internationally have additionally joined the trigger to supply insights and study from their mannequin.
Be part of us on this episode of 3D Universe untethered as we chat with among the BE Masks staff, study in regards to the completely different open-source designs, the historical past of this undertaking, the struggles by means of the design processes, how the e-NABLE Neighborhood bought concerned, and rather more!
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BE Masks Workforce and the Improvement of Open-Supply Masks Options | Video
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