The 3D printing community is coming together in a cooperative effort to produce and distribute much-needed face shields to NHS staff (and others) due to the Covid-19 epidemic. Of course, there is a known shortage of such medical shields, and the organization called 3DCrowd UK aims to remedy this by asking people in the UK who own 3D printers to join in the production of parts for PPE (personal protective equipment). ). Volunteers sign up across the country to help print face shields; if you have a 3D printer, you can sign up by going here; the delivery and distribution of equipment are covered by a GoFundMe campaign (which just surpassed its goal of €40,000). So those without a 3D printer can still help finance the shipping costs, and you can contact 3DCrowd UK via the aforementioned website to offer help in another way if you'd like to get involved. No 3D printing. The BBC reports that 3D printing volunteers are given instructions on how to produce headbands for face shields. Currently about 2.300 people are volunteering, with 80.000 medical shields in the initial production batch. NHS hospitals, general practitioners' offices or healthcare organizations that do not have them can order face shields, and to date, some 186,000 units have been ordered (last week).