Covid-19/Coronavirus Product Design and 3D Printing Challenge (open source designs)

in Product Design held by MacKenzie Brown
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Description:
With the outbreak of Coronavirus; testing, social distancing, and handwashing have helped prevent the spread of this disease. One area responsible for the further spread is frequently touched surfaces in offices, stores, and workplace areas (i.e. door handles).

We believe the Cad Crowd community can help prevent the spread by creating open-source product designs for public spaces.

The contest involves creating products that will be shared under a publicly downloadable open source license (Creative Commons). The goal is to develop designs that can be quickly and affordably produced with 3D printing and/or off the shelf basic components (i.e. pre-made parts that are readily available).
Wants:
Some product ideas include no-touch door handles, no-touch doorknob attachments for houses/senior living spaces, and no-touch faucets. These are just examples, and we’ll consider all new product concepts that are practical, affordable, simple to produce and can be easily cleaned (see attachment with product examples/ideas).

Please submit your design entry with images, a neutral file format (.igs, .stp, .fbx, .obj, .x3d, etc.) and a native file format if applicable (SolidWorks, Inventor, CATIA, Creo, NX, 3ds max, etc.). In add-on, please upload your entry as a downloadable file into our new CAD library so that others can view and download designs - www.cadcrowd.com/3d-models/new

Thanks for your help with slowing the spread of this disease in public spaces and please ask any questions in the comments area below. All participants that submit a high-quality entry will receive an additional 50 bonus points for contest participation. In addition, we’re aiming for corporate sponsorship to increase the value and number of prizes available for this contest.

Cheers,

MacKenzie
Additional Information
Hi All, thanks for the great entries! Will work through these designs with colleagues over the coming days and reply with feedback.

To re-iterate on contest goals: we want to create open-source designs that anyone can download, easily produce (3D print or create with commonly available parts) and use in public spaces. This means that all designs are currently downloadable by everyone (i.e. peers, companies, media, etc.) to immediately reduce the spread of COVID-19 and ideally save lives.

Please remember to read the description/evaluation criteria for consideration and submit your design as a downloadable file in the CAD library ( www.cadcrowd.com/3d-models/downloadable ).

To help with judging, we’ve enabled peer reviews (temporary) - we want your help short-listing the entries that you feel would be useful in the workplace. As a side note, the Autodesk Viewer ( viewer.autodesk.com/ ) is a great tool for viewing CAD files if you don't have compatible software. Please keep comments polite and professional to maintain a positive/creative environment. Send me a private message if you have concerns about derivative designs that seem to closely follow designs from other users without adding any substantial changes or value.

Open collaboration ( bit.ly/3dhVqrP ) for design entries is permitted if it’s mutually agreed to between yourself and the other designer(s). In this case, prizes would be split between participants and hopefully, we’ll get some extra sponsorship to make that worthwhile. *Note: Cad Crowd does not guarantee that design entries will prevent transmission of the novel Coronavirus.

Entries

= Buyer's Rating
2nd Winner
#113 No touch multi-purpose attachment by From_the_designers_bay
Apr 17, 2020 16:39
3rd Winner
#48 Hand Untoucher for Him and for Her by ProtoTech Workbench
Mar 25, 2020 11:12
#44 Plier, No touch handle by Luzadr
Mar 24, 2020 13:23
#53 Bag Valve Mask by Walid Brini
Mar 26, 2020 18:57
#58 OpenFaceMask - the apollo 13 style face mask by MaxAndSomeMolecules
Mar 28, 2020 0:12
#64 Protective Face Shield by AutoAbode from India by shubhamgarg
Mar 29, 2020 14:05
#67 Hand sanitizer in combination with small rod for calling elevator,ATM machine.etc by CDdesignSTUDIO
Mar 31, 2020 13:58
#70 NoTouch Tool by johannel
Apr 3, 2020 12:59
#75 Infinite strile door handle by metinberkenis
Apr 4, 2020 15:37
#78 Coronavirus Mask with easy filter change by printie3d
Apr 5, 2020 9:54
#83 Knob handle slider by Hephaestus_designs
Apr 7, 2020 9:24
#95 Door Handle by supplemental-design
Apr 12, 2020 3:05
#109 Hand powered Ventilator - Updated by Muntazir Merchant
Apr 16, 2020 6:10
#115 Door knobs and faucet no touch product by Mahbub
Apr 17, 2020 21:04
#119 touch-free door opener by krzysztofmazurek
Apr 18, 2020 14:31
#122 Eyes Shield by Rodirgosousa
Apr 18, 2020 17:22
#126 Personal Door Opener by Sabhya
Apr 18, 2020 19:07
#1 sanitary wrist by REDA
Mar 18, 2020 22:27
#5 COVID-19/Coronavirus Product Design by Fadi Sayegh
Mar 19, 2020 13:16
#6 Finger Cap by obida
Mar 19, 2020 13:53
#14 DoorHandle device universal by Afif Rizky Adrian
Mar 20, 2020 2:28
#15 handy-finger by P3N
Mar 20, 2020 2:45
#17 Elbow push/hook replacement handle by Eclipse3D
Mar 20, 2020 11:17
#20 Sanitary Wipes Container by Jim81
Mar 20, 2020 20:41
#23 Door handle by Arunkumar p v
Mar 21, 2020 12:54

Discussion

Abdul Tanzeel

Designer

Sat, 18 Apr 2020 08:14:05 +0000
Hi everyone, please check out entry number 116. I have an interesting approach to avoid the stated problem. Obviously always open for suggestions and improvements.
And also the files with numbers are just image, I put the wrong software name there but the first two files are 3D models.

MacKenzie Brown

Administrator

Thu, 02 Apr 2020 21:10:13 +0000
Hi All,

Quick update - we're reviewing everyone's fantastic submissions and growing public awareness for this design-community initiative. The goal is to ensure your concepts are actually used by real people/industry. The contest already has been covered + syndicated in dozens of news outlets including:

https://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2020/04/01/technology/01reuters-health-coronavirus-invention-insight.html
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-invention-insight/mother-of-invention-the-new-gadgets-dreamt-up-to-fight-coronavirus-idUSKBN21J4BG (*syndicated on US News, New York Post, Business Insider, Yahoo Finance, Financial Post, etc.)
http://www.digitaljournal.com/tech-and-science/technology/cad-crowd-covid-19-3d-printing-design-challenge-takes-off/article/569601
https://all3dp.com/1/coronavirus-covid-19-sars-cov-2-3d-printing/
https://3dprinting.com/3d-printing-use-cases/3d-printing-and-covid-19/
https://3dprintingindustry.com/news/3d-printing-community-responds-to-covid-19-and-coronavirus-resources-169143/

MacKenzie Brown

Administrator

Thu, 02 Apr 2020 03:36:10 +0000
Hey @paulbaker, hopefully several community members are considering designs in the ventilator/accessories space (one of the uploads includes a valve). In addition, the ventilator space has good traction and the sites All3DP.com, 3DPrinting.com, and 3DPrintingIndustry.com cover a lot of those active initiatives.

A majority of the community designs focus on slowing the spread of the virus in the workplace and public spaces, which is a space lagging in design options. Inevitably, people will need to go back to work and visit public spaces. Prevention/slowing the spread is the goal and a lot of these designs will help people as they re-enter the workforce.
Wed, 01 Apr 2020 22:22:49 +0000
Can I make a suggestion, could you guy have a look at designing 3D printed replacement Noninvasive Ventilation Helmets, because stocks are very low

Bruno quinto

Designer

Thu, 26 Mar 2020 18:49:41 +0000

hello, this contest is fantastic, and very challenging.
I am working on my research to soon propose an interesting solution.
Thu, 26 Mar 2020 02:14:55 +0000
Hello , i have submitted my entry 3 times so let's take last entry , thanks.

Jim81

Designer

Tue, 24 Mar 2020 01:41:44 +0000
FYI. Masks DO NOT prevent the spread of the virus.

MacKenzie Brown

Administrator

Mon, 23 Mar 2020 22:06:59 +0000
Hey @WyzeOwl, thanks for that suggestion :) The hackaday.io site has shared other useful resources in a spreadsheet - see https://bit.ly/2QEvZHi and https://bit.ly/2UuyUDv

WyzeOwl

Designer

Mon, 23 Mar 2020 09:41:10 +0000
SeeMeCNC has a really great idea which is a printable face shield and it is open source so designers can improve on the design. can see it on GitHub here https://github.com/seemecnc/Open-Source-Medical/tree/master/face%20shield?fbclid=IwAR0ybZQSWeNEDlI22IVb8QIMP4WT3xixmycZR7VRwLnXUomJUj4_aqoJuJE

MacKenzie Brown

Administrator

Mon, 23 Mar 2020 02:25:45 +0000
Hey @Isaiah CAD, no worries, we'll keep the contest open for the full 31-day duration.

Isaiah CAD

Designer

Sat, 21 Mar 2020 10:26:56 +0000
Great initiative, my team and I are taking the time to do proper research and come up with something that can be printed easily, I hope this contest stays open till then

DjayRC Design

Designer

Sat, 21 Mar 2020 08:15:29 +0000
Oops...sorry.

MacKenzie Brown

Administrator

Fri, 20 Mar 2020 21:28:48 +0000
Hi All, we added additional clarification notes to explain the goals of this contest (see "Additional Information" in the description area above). In the coming days, we'll be reviewing designs + providing specific feedback to the designers have followed the requirements.

In the meantime, thanks for everyone's patience and participation :)

Luzadr

Designer

Fri, 20 Mar 2020 08:12:32 +0000
Sorry to have submit three times, I haven't send a good version the first time and the Second time my web page was locked I thank that my submission was not send.
Fri, 20 Mar 2020 05:21:19 +0000
Please! stop sending ideas foolishly! better dig a little deeper, do research, and then propose! not that it seems that you want to take your old models out of the closet! xD It's design! please gentlemen! if a logo can take more than a year to think about it! Okay it should be fast but the contest has plenty of time to do research and come up with substantiated ideas! well I think so! :)

WyzeOwl

Designer

Thu, 19 Mar 2020 21:30:03 +0000
Mr. DjayRC , this is an open source. Did you read the brief?

DjayRC Design

Designer

Thu, 19 Mar 2020 13:22:42 +0000
Really awesome project. Request for make it BLIND. So designs should be unique and original.

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