Barcelona Digital City

The “Makers vs COVID” exhibition (FAB Casa del Mig - Punt Multimèdia, until 29 October) shows you the work being done by maker movements to meet the needs arising from the COVID-19 pandemic.

You can discover the possibilities on offer from digital fabrication in today’s world, from face masks to ventilators.

We offer you the links to a few projects in case you’d like to take a look at them:

• Fab labs: municipal facilities popularising the technology and science behind digital fabrication. Using 3D printing and laser cutting, they make thousands of PPE (personal protective equipment) items.
• Coronavirus Makers: benchmark maker community in Spain that has provided fast and efficient design responses for digital manufacturing. 
• OxyGEN: is a device that automates the manual ventilation process for patients in emergency situations where there are not enough ventilators.
• LibreGuard: is a free DIY mask for halting the spread of COVID-19. Designed for production with a laser cutting or punching machine. 
• MaskCat: an idea from the Barcelona Chamber of Commerce. Cardboard and PC masks.
• Leitat 1: industrially scalable field ventilator.
• Frax3D Ventilator: makers ventilators made using 3D printing and Arduino.  
• Reesistencia: promoters of the first open-source independent ventilators.
• MIT: the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has developed face shields made using a technique known as die-cutting which combines low-cost materials with rapid production. 

“Makers vs COVID” exhibition. At the FAB Casa del Mig - Punt Multimèdia until 29 October.