Disposable masks have been a necessity during the COVID-19 pandemic, but for all the good they’ve done, their disposal represents a monumental ecological challenge that has largely been ignor… ...

The U.S. military is 3D-printing face shields, designing reusable plastic N95 masks and sewing surgical masks to increase the supply of critical medical equipment.

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He developed his own technique to make alternative masks using materials from hardware stores and other sources. He says a 3D printer can print around three masks per day.

That 3D image, merged with an image of the back of the eye socket, is transmitted to a 3D printer, which creates a rubber mask suffused with pigment in nanoparticles to precisely match skin tone.