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Sky News reporting new ventilator development.
Possibly 5000 @ week build rate
Global Herold link as Sky News uses cookies, and YT ...
A new innovation from the University of Oxford may soon be able to boost that number, thanks to an innovative design for a cheaper ‘off-the-shelf’ version.
https://theglobalherald.com/ventilator-shortage-could-be-solved/346203/
PS: Is a ventilator a tool?
Old Dog New Trick
03-25-2020, 12:30
Well brilliant. A mechanical Bag-Valve-Mask!
Yes a ventilator is a tool (machine) but usually more sophisticated than that.
There’s a lot(understatement) of chatter in the US DOD innovator community about rapid prototyping of simple/low cost improved ventilator designs and PPE.
https://www.technologyreview.com/s/615374/an-mit-team-hopes-to-publish-open-source-designs-for-a-low-cost-ventilator/
I reckon the ventilator problem will be solved more easily than the PPE N95 problem due to relative scaling,
MIT submitted an open source design for a ventilator
https://www.technologyreview.com/s/615374/an-mit-team-hopes-to-publish-open-source-designs-for-a-low-cost-ventilator/
MIT submitted an open source design for a ventilator
https://www.technologyreview.com/s/615374/an-mit-team-hopes-to-publish-open-source-designs-for-a-low-cost-ventilator/
Lets's keep our fingers crossed, necessity is indeed the mother of invention.
Lets's keep our fingers crossed, necessity is indeed the mother of invention.
Agree!
Ret10Echo
03-26-2020, 16:43
Good for the UK
What's the timeline for USDA approval in the U.S.?