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Libraries Lend Their 3D Printers To Help Make Face Shields For Hospital Workers

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3D Printers loaned by Long Island libraries are being used to make the headbands for face shields used by medical workers. KELLY HARRIS

3D Printers loaned by Long Island libraries are being used to make the headbands for face shields used by medical workers. KELLY HARRIS

The finished product: Headbands created by the 3D printers are being sent to Stony Brook University Hospital. KELLY HARRIS

The finished product: Headbands created by the 3D printers are being sent to Stony Brook University Hospital. KELLY HARRIS

authorStephen J. Kotz on Apr 6, 2020
If a piece of creased, partially jammed piece of paper emerging from the printer is your idea of three-dimensional printing, then the Suffolk County Cooperative Library System has something to... more

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