Makerspaces Create Incubators for Industry Advancement [Amplify Friday]

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Though phrases like “social distancing” and “quarantine bubble” underscore the impact COVID-19 has had on our social interaction, the pandemic also brought people together — even if sometimes just online — for the purpose of creating life-saving solutions.

We saw more than 1,700 3D-printing specialists from around the world offer their printing expertise and equipment through a “3D Printer Crowdsourcing for COVID-19” Google document. We saw engineers from Tesla, Google, and Apple, who were spread out across the world, turn to WhatsApp to discuss in real-time plans for developing much-needed ventilators. And we saw colleges,…