<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">We must use the skills we have to prototype designs that can protect staff, then interface with local manufacturers to mass produce items or make high quality items suitable for clinical settings.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">What seem like low hanging fruit can actually be quite dangerous things to take on.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">e.g. Making hand sanitiser is pretty easy, but it has to be quality assessed, because poor mixing techniques could kill someone by giving false positives to them thinking their heads are clean and not eradicating the virus.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">What this group could REALLY help with is coming up with designs for solutions to problems like below:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Ideas are valuable now, they may save lives.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">We have a fantastic resource to help you make the most of your skills</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">If you are interested please keep checking this page for updates as they evolve and I will post the individual challenges to the group:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><a href="https://wiki.swarm-covid19.co.uk/design-challenges" class="">https://wiki.swarm-covid19.co.uk/design-challenges</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Kind regards</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">— Paul</div><div class=""><br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 24 Mar 2020, at 14:51, Tom Lake <<a href="mailto:tom@swansea.hackspace.org.uk" class="">tom@swansea.hackspace.org.uk</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class="">On Tue, Mar 24, 2020 at 02:28:20PM +0000, Paul Harwood wrote:<br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class="">To be clear:<br class=""><br class="">SWARM is an industry response to the COVID19 challenge and is not affiliated with Hackspace, requested by Welsh Government and affiliated with Industry Wales.<br class=""><br class="">The WhatsApp link I sent is for the SWARM group.<br class=""></blockquote>Thanks for the clarification :-)<br class=""><br class="">As evidenced by this morning's reaction, I think it's safe to say plenty<br class="">of the people on the list will be happy to volunteer their skills and<br class="">equipment when the time comes.<br class=""><br class="">Kind regards,<br class=""><br class="">Tom<br class=""><br class="">_______________________________________________<br class="">Hackspace mailing list<br class=""><a href="mailto:Hackspace@swansea.hackspace.org.uk" class="">Hackspace@swansea.hackspace.org.uk</a><br class="">http://swansea.hackspace.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hackspace<br class=""></div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></body></html>