{"id":213606,"date":"2020-07-15T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-15T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress-1404196-5286123.cloudwaysapps.com\/india\/gsi_study_guides\/goldsmiths-producing-new-reusable-ppe\/"},"modified":"2025-04-30T08:20:37","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T08:20:37","slug":"goldsmiths-producing-new-reusable-ppe","status":"publish","type":"gsi_study_guides","link":"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/india\/study-in-uk\/study-guides\/goldsmiths-producing-new-reusable-ppe\/","title":{"rendered":"Goldsmiths, University of London Producing new Reusable PPE Face Visor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Art and Design tutors at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/india\/study-in-uk\/institutes\/universities\/goldsmiths\/\">Goldsmiths, University of London<\/a> have joined forces with a volunteer network of UK <a href=\"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/india\/study-in-uk\/popular-courses\/engineering\/\">engineers<\/a>, doctors, and designers to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gold.ac.uk\/news\/production-of-reusable-ppe-visor-begins\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">manufacture and distribute in-demand protective equipment for NHS staff<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Practice tutors are collaborating with Helpful Engineering, a group of more than 4,000 people working on Covid-19 related projects, including an open-source solution to produce full-face visors for frontline health and social care staff in local hospitals.<\/p>\n<p>The team, from the Department of Art, Department of Design, and Department of Computing are combining skills and equipment to manufacture an open-source visor design in large quantities, with staff from all departments doing shifts on campus and using 3D printers in their homes.<\/p>\n<p>Importantly, the visors \u2013 designed by Kitronik &#8211; can be sanitized and reused, reducing demand on congested production channels.<\/p>\n<p>Using Goldsmiths\u2019 laser cutters, 3D printers and large-format printers, volunteers are working on campus in the university\u2019s studios, while keeping strictly to social distancing rules. Production of products began on Tuesday 21 April.<\/p>\n<p>During the Covid-19 pandemic, there has been a critical shortage of many PPE items, and new sources for the production and distribution of these items sought in the UK and overseas.<\/p>\n<p>Staff in the Department of Computing at Goldsmiths are also involved in another \u2018DIY PPE\u2019 campaign, creating hundreds of face guards in their kitchens using the College\u2019s 3D printers.<\/p>\n<h2>Study at Goldsmiths<\/h2>\n<p>If you are interested in studying in London at Goldsmiths,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/india\/study-in-uk\/free-consultation\/\">arrange a free consultation with SI-UK India<\/a> today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"study-guide-destinations":[127],"study-guide-canada-categories":[],"study-guide-australia-categories":[],"study-guide-usa-categories":[],"study-guide-uk-categories":[1733],"study-guide-nz-categories":[],"study-guide-ireland-categories":[],"class_list":["post-213606","gsi_study_guides","type-gsi_study_guides","status-publish","hentry","study-guide-destinations-study-in-uk","study-guide-uk-categories-healthcare"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gsi_study_guides\/213606","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gsi_study_guides"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/gsi_study_guides"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=213606"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"study-guide-destinations","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/study-guide-destinations?post=213606"},{"taxonomy":"study-guide-canada-categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/study-guide-canada-categories?post=213606"},{"taxonomy":"study-guide-australia-categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/study-guide-australia-categories?post=213606"},{"taxonomy":"study-guide-usa-categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/study-guide-usa-categories?post=213606"},{"taxonomy":"study-guide-uk-categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/study-guide-uk-categories?post=213606"},{"taxonomy":"study-guide-nz-categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/study-guide-nz-categories?post=213606"},{"taxonomy":"study-guide-ireland-categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/study-guide-ireland-categories?post=213606"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}