Springing Into Action to 3D Print COVID-19 Swabs In response to a pandemic-related plea from a Florida hospital, a newly formed team at Formlabs, a manufacturer of SLA 3D printers and high-end resins, needed only one week to begin printing its very first parts for customers: swabs used to test people for COVID-19.
Unused Sleep Apnea Machines Come Out of the Closet to Provide Respiratory Support to COVID-19 Patients It started with a sleep apnea machine and a group of dedicated engineers at UC Berkeley looking to help in the battle against COVID-19. The result? A makeshift device that can safely provide respiratory support to those experiencing breathing difficulties.
Engineers in Boston Building Low-Cost ‘Robotic Lung’ to Help Tackle Ventilator Crunch Author: Anastasia Ustinova Just a few weeks ago, Alex Frost was looking to disrupt the floral industry, building a robotic arm to arrange roses, tulips and hyacinths. Today, he’s trying to solve a more dire problem: how to design and rapidly mass produce an inexpensive ventilator to help ease shortages due to the global COVID-19 pandemic.
Auto Parts Makers 'Jump Into the Fire' of Medical Gear Production As Canada Faces Shortages Author: Anastasia Ustinova Last month, when Flavio Volpe put out a call to auto parts makers to assist in the production of medical supplies, he wasn’t convinced that the industry would be able to pull it off. Yet, in the past three weeks more than 165 companies stepped up to volunteer.
Learning to Be a Leader Combining leadership development with technical know-how is how this materials planning leader at Whirlpool is defining her career
Riding the Wave Author: Kip Hanson Driving into work one Tuesday morning in late March, Charles Boyce grew tired of hearing about the ventilator crisis in New York City. The president of Long Island City-based Boyce Technologies Inc. and a lifelong resident of the Empire State, he decided to do something about it.
