Comprehensive coverage of the community response to the Covid-19 crisis.
As restaurants are forced by the coronavirus crisis to close dining rooms and serve takeout only, here’s a DIY project to help them make the pivot as safely as possible, for their retail workers and their customers. San Francisco’s robotic burger restaurant, Creator, has designed a take-out transfer window that works like a mini […]
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 […]
Store and grocery shelves might be lightly stocked at the moment, but there are often DIY alternatives for the missing necessities. Here are things to make and do to help keep yourself going as we shelter in place. Kitchen Yeast: In stores and online, it’s become hard to find bread yeast (and flour, rice, dried […]
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. 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 […]
and a few very important notes about where 3dprinting is helpful, and where it is not
With everyone hunkering down at home, trying to stay safe and flatten the curve, there is a big and evident need for more connectivity within the community. Many people and organizations are responding with live streams and other resources. We’ve collected a group of them here for you, and we would be happy to add […]
We’ve been seeing this story pop up all over the web. A group in Italy has been 3D printing valves that are saving people’s lives. In this case, the valve is a mixing device that is combining room air with pure oxygen before it is delivered to the patient. The hospitals were unable to procure […]
