Posts by Julian Dolby

1) Message boards : Projects : Leverage the grid to provide management for the world’s 3D printers to print emergency medical supplies against COVID-19. (Message 97012)
Posted 23 Mar 2020 by Julian Dolby
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Is https://boinc.berkeley.edu/trac/wiki/MakeProject the right instructions to follow?
2) Message boards : Projects : Leverage the grid to provide management for the world’s 3D printers to print emergency medical supplies against COVID-19. (Message 97011)
Posted 23 Mar 2020 by Julian Dolby
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I do not know what is involved with creating a project, but I will try given pointers by someone knowledgeable. And I will try to write the control programs too, if I can consult with an expert on the BOINC API. If we can get those running, getting and paying for supplies would likely be taken care of by the many states, including my home state of New York, that are desperate for supplies of many kinds.
3) Message boards : Projects : Leverage the grid to provide management for the world’s 3D printers to print emergency medical supplies against COVID-19. (Message 96999)
Posted 23 Mar 2020 by Julian Dolby
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COVID-19 (and emergencies like it) have highlighted a need for rapid production of much needed supplies such as respirators, N95 masks, and other medical equipment. Many parts for these supplies can now be 3D printed (https://www.3dnatives.com/en/mask-against-covid-19-180320205/), an open
source solution to 3D print parts of N95 masks, low cost 3D printed screening masks for the virus (http://emag.medicalexpo.com/covid-19-3d-printed-face-masks-for-mass-screening/), and respirator valves to be used in respirators (https://www.fastcompany.com/90477940/these-good-samaritanswith-a-3d-printer-are-saving-lives-by-making-new-respirator-valves-for-free).

One encouraging sign is that such production is already happening, but perhaps not at the needed scale. For example, see https://nypost.com/2020/03/20/new-york-couple-3d-printing-over-300-face-masks-for-coronavirus-testing-center/. But such efforts must scale over huge numbers of 3D printers if they are to make a dent in combating the pandemic.

Given that BOINC already exists and 3D printers are worldwide, it seems that a relatively simple grid client could connect printer host machines to the grid and be given instructions of what to produce and when. Given the global distribution of both the pandemic and printers, such a grid might be well placed to produce medical equipment when and where needed.

It would be great to leverage the millions of 3D printers around the world to allow medical personnel to coordinate the production of these in a distributed manner. It seems like BOINC would be well positioned to add that management layer.
4) Message boards : Projects : Can we Cure Corona (Message 96992)
Posted 23 Mar 2020 by Julian Dolby
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Perhaps one promising idea is to leverage the grid to provide management for the world’s 3D printers to print emergency medical supplies against COVID-19.

COVID-19 (and emergencies like it) have highlighted a need for rapid production of much needed supplies such as respirators, N95 masks, and other medical equipment. Many parts for these supplies can now be 3D printed (https://www.3dnatives.com/en/mask-against-covid-19-180320205/), an open
source solution to 3D print parts of N95 masks, low cost 3D printed screening masks for the virus (http://emag.medicalexpo.com/covid-19-3d-printed-face-masks-for-mass-screening/), and respirator valves to be used in respirators (https://www.fastcompany.com/90477940/these-good-samaritanswith-a-3d-printer-are-saving-lives-by-making-new-respirator-valves-for-free).

One encouraging sign is that such production is already happening, but perhaps not at the needed scale. For example, see https://nypost.com/2020/03/20/new-york-couple-3d-printing-over-300-face-masks-for-coronavirus-testing-center/. But such efforts must scale over huge numbers of 3D printers if they are to make a dent in combating the pandemic.

It would be great to leverage the millions of 3D printers around the world to allow medical personnel to coordinate the production of these in a distributed manner. It seems like BOINC would be well positioned to add that management layer. Thoughts?



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