3D Printing Helps Solve the Swab Shortage by Uptown Radio published on 2021-02-26T01:27:37Z Innovation rarely happens overnight. The wheel was invented around 3500 BC. But the wheelbarrow? That took another 3,700 years. It takes time to understand a problem and find a fix. But in 2020, when the pandemic caused an international medical swab shortage, innovation had to speed up a bit. Kate Stockrahm reports.