“Not only is this a Parsons story, but it is also a New York story,” says Abby Mechanic, the manager of Parsons School of Design’s Making Center. “It shows what individuals can do in a time of crisis and might encourage others to activate their talents in different ways to [...]
The US continues to struggle to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, both at a state and federal level. So DIY efforts from academics, hobbyists, manufacturing experts, and professional firms have coalesced around COVID hotspots like New York City to meet the needs of health care workers and others on the [...]
In response to the shortage of personal protective equipment many New York area hospitals are facing now that the coronavirus is debilitating more and more people, Dr. Pierre Elias, a Cardiology Fellow at Columbia University, reached out to Madiha Choksi, a Research and Learning Technologies Librarian at Columbia who specializes [...]
“3D printing actually has the capability to react very, very quickly — in terms of hours you can go from idea, to design, to prototype, to produce,” Ramon Pastor, acting president of 3D printing and digital manufacturing for HP, told CNN Business. The same process can take days or even [...]
The company is working with Columbia University Libraries and Tangible Creative to produce, assemble, and deliver face shields to New York City hospitals and healthcare workers on the front lines. As part of this effort, the company is part of COVID Maker Response, a coalition of makers who are responding [...]
Orders for face shields are flooding in via email to COVID Maker Response. Launched two weeks ago, CMR was developed within 72 hours by Columbia University librarians Madiha Choksi and Alex Alexander Gil Fuentes, who are collaborating with Tangible Creative, an Industrial Design and 3D printing company based in Newark, [...]
3D printing manufacturer Tangible Creative in New York is working with Columbia University’s library volunteers as well as MakerBot – a company that makes 3D printers – shifting their services to focus almost 100% on printing face shields for hospitals. They’ve managed to up their daily print from 60 to [...]
Healthcare workers on the frontlines of fighting COVID-19 are turning to an unlikely source for help with the shortage of personal protective equipment (PPE)—librarians. Madiha Choksi, along with her colleagues at Columbia University Libraries, developed a guide for rapidly producing face shields with 3D printers. Choksi modified a mask design [...]
As COVID-19 spread further into New York City, Madiha Choksi knew she couldn’t sit back and do nothing. Little did she know, Choksi would end up producing hundreds of face shields in a matter of weeks. Through her outreach, Choksi made two very important connections: Tangible Creative, a 3D printing [...]
As Bulleit continues to take the 3D Printed Frontier Experience on tour, the brand is exploring the culture that exists around the bar – from fashion to food to art and beyond. The art collection comes shortly after the brand unveiled its Bulleit 3D Printed Sneakers that the brand launched [...]
The program is much more than a novelty for Bulleit, as it selects individuals who truly personify the brand’s boundary-pushing spirit, fostering the development of never-before-seen works. Providing the vehicle to bridge an intangible idea into a physical form, Tangible Creative engineered the technical canvas for Steed to imprint his [...]
Bulleit Bourbon is the latest brand to tap into sneaker culture. The Kentucky straight bourbon whiskey recently unveiled the first-ever 3D-printed sneaker, designed by Dallas-based street artist Kyle Steed, as part of its ongoing Frontier Works project. “The sneaker and mural designs represent the community of artists, designers and leaders in tech and innovation who [...]
