Each week we’ll endeavour to publish some details of the interesting things that members of DoES Liverpool have been up to over the past seven days. You can find out a bit more about them in our introductory post.
And remember, if you’re involved with DoES Liverpool at all, let us know what you get up to so we can include it here!
Covid-19
Click here for details of the measures we’re currently taking related to the COVID-19 situation. We’ll keep you updated if anything changes – make sure you’re following us via our Google Group, and/or via social media
Get Visors Into The Hands of Health Care Workers
We’re working with hospitals across Liverpool, Manchester and beyond to produce effective, low-cost visors, to help healthcare professionals keep doing their job throughout this crisis.
Click here to find out more and donate.
And makers, please get in touch if you’d like to help with production.
Things of Note
- Adrian McEwen: More visors from the DoES Liverpool production line destined for delivery to hospitals in Liverpool and Manchester. 740 visors in 3 orders today, another 200 completed awaiting packing #weeknotes pic.twitter.com/ht3gAy7dMF
- DoES Liverpool: Join us for a video chat with laura pullig Ross Dalziel for our #wearables #wearabletech meetup later from 7pm at meet.jit.si/bubblino We’ll be sharing DIY domestic dyeing ideas (& would love contributions!) & updates from Jackie Pease on the DoES PPE effort #weeknotes pic.twitter.com/6FOy5uA1N5
- Adrian McEwen: Our first 3D printed order finally ready today, 220 of the 3DVerkstan design, which started over a week before the laser-cutting, the two printers were overtaken by one laser-cutter in about a day #weeknotes pic.twitter.com/gAjaThLfjr
- Jackie Pease: Our low tech #lockdown activity at @doesliverpool Wearable Tech group is to investigate #naturaldye – I collected onion skins and simmered them in water for a few hours, then sieved and used the resulting liquid to dye an old white top #weeknotes pic.twitter.com/4Fjt2wsvk9
- Adrian McEwen: This is what 20 assembled laser-cut visors look like, just gave dave_coffee a quick lesson in assembly 😀 #weeknotes pic.twitter.com/oFHt8VTmmD
- CriticalKits: FYI this is what #critical #kits look like. What collectives of macro-organisms like DoES Liverpool can do together in the face of crisis ✊😷 ppe.doesliverpool.com #weeknotes twitter.com/amcewen/status…
- Adrian McEwen: Stoked to hear from V. Mitch McEwen that they’ve been cutting the DoES Liverpool #Covid_19 visor design over in the US and it’s helping health workers there too. Part of Princeton School of Architecture’s work in the pandemic, detailed at box.princeton.edu/rapid-response… #weeknotes pic.twitter.com/RJd1JYUlhc
- Adrian McEwen: Another thousand visors ready to pack here at DoES Liverpool, taking us to 2766 visors made in total. #weeknotes pic.twitter.com/JYDze4S5Jj
- DoES Liverpool: Our laser cutter Gerald got a new tube today, ready to cut out more visor bands #weeknotes pic.twitter.com/HHvg8mpJsj
Coming Up in the Next Week
Thursday 23 April, 7:00pm – 9:30pm Maker Night Online
Somebody Should
The DoES Liverpool to-do list is stored in the issues of our Somebody Should repository on github. Head over there if there’s something you’d like to report, or if you want to help out fixing things.
Issue counts: 325 open, 1103 closed
7 new issues:
- The tube feeding Gerald’s air assist had burned through
- Gerald needs a new tube
- Unable to connect to doorbot2
- There’s no hot water in the kitchen
- Running out of door fobs
- Found USB dongle in need of repair
- Laser settings confirmation?
4 issues closed:
- The tube feeding Gerald’s air assist had burned through
- Unable to connect to doorbot2
- Laser settings confirmation?
- Add some biocide to the coolant for the laser-cutters
Thanks Sean-anotherone, johnmckerrell, amcewen!