
Project Spotlight: VentOS
COVID-19 resulted in an outpouring of volunteer groups looking to design open-source ventilators. VentOS volunteers seek to support these groups. Their mission is to create

Project Spotlight: Open Drone Delivery
Due to the unfortunate slow time to receive medication, Naman Pushp decided to make a difference by creating a drone delivery system that would ship

Project Spotlight: Tetra Four-Way Ventilator Splitter
A group of global volunteers are currently prototyping Tetra, a Four-Way Ventilator Splitter. This new splitter is intended to maximize the capacity of a single

People of Helpful: Jamie Waters
Jamie Waters is a Helpful Engineering volunteer who serves as the project manager for Tetra. In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, Jaime started

Project Spotlight: OpenVent-Bristol
In March 2020, a team of U.K. volunteers created an open-source ventilator design, the OpenVent-Bristol project. Soon afterward, a team of U.S. volunteers found that

People of Helpful Engineering: Dr. Jocelyn Songer, MakerMask Founder
Dr. Songer is the founder of MakerMask, an organization that researches reusable mask designs and materials in order to inform and unite a global community

Project Spotlight: Apollo Oxygen Concentrator
Volunteers were inspired by how the Apollo-13 crew overcame potential catastrophic failure of an oxygen tank. Responding to the challenge of Covid-19, anyone can build

Project Update: Reach4Help
The highly-anticipated web app for Reach4Help, a project that aims to facilitate support requests for identified people in need through verified volunteers, has finally launched.

Project Spotlight: Project Data
Project Data has two parallel projects. First, solve the COVID-19 related shortage of medical supplies and PPE. Second, provide a long-term solution to ongoing issues