Hospitals Turn To Crowdsourcing and 3D Printing Amid Equipment Shortages

With medical supplies strained by the coronavirus outbreak, health care professionals and technologists are coming together online to crowdsource repairs and supplies of critical hospital equipment. From a report: Doctors, hospital technicians and 3D-printing specialists are also using Google Docs, WhatsApp groups and online databases to trade tips for building, fixing and modifying machines like ventilators to help treat the rising…

How Uber and Lyft Drivers Handle the Risk of Coronavirus Infections

“Thousands of full-time rideshare drivers are still out on the streets trying to carve out a living,” notes The Hustle, interviewing more than 50 full-time rideshare drivers facing a difficult choice: “Stay home and sacrifice a livelihood, or keep driving in a depressed market and risk contracting the virus.”
As independent contractors, rideshare drivers don’t receive sick leave, unemployment insurance, or the…