An Irish team is leading an international community of engineers, designers and medical professionals who are trying to develop a low-cost, easy-to-assemble ventilator to use in the battle against coronavirus.
The Open Source Ventilator (OSV) Ireland project began a little over a week ago and has quickly expanded to more than 600 members. "We put a call out to the world saying give us your expertise and send us your ideas.
The response has been amazing," said Colin Keogh, a research engineer at UCD and one of the founders of the project. "People have jumped on board because I think they are inherently good.
They want to do something and they want to help solve this global crisis." Globally, there are not enough ventilators to cope with the
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