En el laboratorio de Engine-4 Coworking Space en Bayamón se adelanta el diseño y la impresión tridimensional de hisopos de resina para realizar las pruebas moleculares del COVID-19, con miras a que Puerto Rico no dependa de recibir desde el exterior estos componentes esenciales en la lucha por contener la pandemia.

This August 29 to 31st, Startup Weekend Puerto Rico will hold an event in Ponce directed at people interested in creating prototypes for products with the potential to generate income from global markets.

Nerma Albertorio and Ana de los Ángeles Vélez, founders of the Entrepreneurial Centerl at EDP University and coordinators of Startup Weekend in Puerto Rico, indicated that this edition of the activity is geared to “makers”, who want to acquire skills and resources for developing prototypes of innovative products, such as artists, designers, architects, engineers, and others.