A group of 300-plus engineers, designers, tech founders and others galvanized on Facebook with a goal of building a ventilator using readily available materials, 3D printing and open-source hardware resources.
, which is derived from renewables like sugar cane or corn starch and can be manufactured anywhere from a 3D printer.
Gui Calavanti started the Open Source Ventilator project on Facebook on March 11. It has since been worked on by more than 300 doctors, engineers, designers, nurses and venture capitalists. Cavalcanti’s primary role is CEO and cofounder of Breeze Automation, which designs low-cost robots for extreme environments like deep sea and outer space
Keogh says HSE has made its approval process for medical technology much faster and more flexible during the current emergency, meaning the ventilator will likely not be used for patients not suffering from Covid-19, though he sees it being used in other emergency and disaster scenarios Accenture, Deloitte and other companies have offered use of their R&D infrastructure to assist in the ideation and production process, said Keogh.request formAccording to Keogh, the speed at which this project went from idea to being tested by health authorities highlights the power of open-source as a way to solve hardware problems.
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