The Big List: Make These Projects to Fight COVID-19 Right Now
With innovators and makers all over rising up to help combat Covid-19, we’ve organized a list of the viable projects and endeavors that you can help do and create yourself.
Science
DIY science is the perfect way to use your creative skills and learn something new. With the right supplies, some determination, and a curious mind, you can create amazing experiments that open up a whole world of possibilities. At home-made laboratories or tech workshops, makers from all backgrounds can explore new ideas by finding ways to study their environment in novel ways – allowing them to make breathtaking discoveries!
Build This Food Takeout “Airlock” to Fight Covid-19
๏ปฟ As restaurants are forced by the coronavirus crisis to close dining rooms and serve takeout only, hereโs a DIY project to help them make the pivot as safely as possible, for their retail workers and their customers. San Franciscoโs robotic burger restaurant, Creator, has designed a take-out transfer window that works like a mini […]
Whatโs โPlan Cโ for COVID-19?
A grassroots uprising of makers, engineers and others are creating a backup plan for the backup plan for COVID-19. This is about the people and projects of Plan C from Maker Space. In the face of COVID-19, shortages of medical equipment, such as ventilators for patients, and protective gear for personnel in hospitals are becoming […]
Your Sewing Skills Are Needed In The Fight Against Covid-19
update: march 23, 2020 – OSCMS has put out a document addressing how you can help by sewing. Please look at this doc to get involved.ย For the masses of makers that are eager to help in these times of need, it turns out your needle and thread may be as strong or stronger of […]
Covid-19: A Collection of Resources From Our Community
In the face of this pandemic, we’re seeing makers behaving in the most uplifting manner. They’re rising up, banding together and sharing information in hopes to lessen the effects of the Covid-19 virus. It is truly inspiring to see how many people want to help, and have offered not only their time but also their […]
Using Recycled Plastic With Your Home Vacuum Former
Jude Pullen was toying around with a home vacuum former called the Mayku Formbox. The machine allows you to create vacuum formed shapes at home fairly easily. Pullen had the idea that it would be great if he could use upcycled material instead of buying plastic each time. As it turns out, only a few […]
Public Lab Community Spotlights: 4 Projects
Public Labโs contributions come from all over the globe. Here are a few of the members that are providing tools for all to use. ROCKETS.XIA,ย co-founder of Mushroom Cloud Makerspace Location:ย Shanghai, China Our project, Knowflow, is a water quality monitoring project funded by the Green Seed foundation and Mushroom Cloud Maker Space, with contributions from Shan […]
