Coronavirus: Talented 13-Year-Old Produces Free Mask

Charles Randolph: 13-year-old makes free masks to fight covid-19

  • Charles Randolph, a teenager, has contributed his own little effort towards combating coronavirus, by making free masks

  • With his learned 3D technology knowledge, Charles uses his parents’ printer to make the masks as cases of infected people increase

  • The young boy said he became quite touched when he heard patients with existing health challenges were battling the virus.

A 13-year-old boy, Charles Randolph, is using his skill to fight the pandemic ravaging the world with the aim to stem the widespread in the US.

The teenager became so concerned as the number of cases soared, leading him to contribute its quota towards combating the virus, FacetoFace Africa reports.

With the help of his parent’s 3D printer, he is making masks and donating them to people who are in need of them as a shortage of the essential material hits the world. He said he was moved by how high-risks patients like people with heart diseases were battling the virus.

The knowledge to produce the masks was something he learnt when his parents enrolled him for enrichment classes where he learned how to use 3D technology. He said he was moved by the way people suffered after they have been infected by the virus.

In explaining the process, he said: “You use a slicer which takes the product that you got off Thingiverse and it turns it into code that the 3D printer can read. “This is the first real, useful thing that I’ve made. It may not be 100 percent of a filtration system but it works.”

Source:.legit.ng

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