Fire jugglers become virus stoppers in Charlestown
By adamg on Sun, 03/29/2020 - 8:59pm
In the Before Times, Dark Monk of Charlestown made equipment for certain types of performers - everything from juggling pins to flaming ropes and swords. But the company is now using its manufacturing know how to turn out some of the polycarbonate face shields that are in such high demand by medical professionals these days.
Owner Chad Bennett hopes to make 4,000 of the masks over the next couple of weeks, according to a GoFundMe page set up to help cover the costs of turning raw materials into shields that can protect doctors, nurses and technicians from Covid-19.
H/t Prairie Rose Clayton for the headline.
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Creativity to the rescue.
This is cool. Thanks for
This is cool. Thanks for stepping up!
Why not both!
People with face shields wielding flaming whips to enforce social distancing, now THAT'S entertainment!
(seriously, good on them!)
Yes!
They should make a flaming whip that's 5'11" long.
Hey, this is really cool to
Hey, this is really cool to see. There is a concerted effort by MGH to come up with rapid DIY PPE designs and get them out to other hospitals and hackerspaces.
Here's a message from Chad:
Donated & shared
I hope others will donate, too. These wonderful people are donating the masks they make and trying to increase production while keeping safe distances. They are only asking for help covering the cost of materials and have promised to donate anything left over to funds for health providers.
While it's sad that this is needed, it's wonderful to see people doing things like this to help.