Egyptian Tech Firm Leads the Way by Producing 3D-Printed Face Shields to Help Healthcare Workers Stay Safe
Tech Powerhouse, Giza Systems’ Education Foundation, uses digital printing technology mainly to produce assistive devices for people with disabilities, working in a lab called Project Nitrous. With the arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic, the company quickly took action to help fight the virus!
Giza Systems designed a face shield that can be printed in plastic, cut out by laser and simply assembled, and started delivering the devices to thousands of doctors, for free.
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“Since we have experience in assistive technology, we went down to hospitals and asked them what they needed, and that’s how we came up with manufacturing a face shield,” said Mohamed El Hossary, Director of Giza Systems’ Education Foundation.
The firm is now distributing around 2,000 face shields a day to medics nationwide and has partnerships with around 25 public and private hospitals.