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msongs

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Sun Apr 5, 2020, 10:27 PM Apr 2020

Hawaii making its own ventilators - home grown to beat the surge if one happens

(IF the feds don't rob us like they are robbing mainlanders)

Kahanu has already developed a simple, low-cost ventilator that can be built quickly in Hawaii. it will be operated by a simple motor, but can be operated manually if, for some reason, the motor should fail.

“Time is of the essence here, because we have about two to three weeks before we see a surge of patients and then we’re going to need a lot of ventilators soon,” said Matthes.


https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2020/04/05/new-hawaii-group-designing-emergency-ventilators-ease-shortage/

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Hawaii making its own ventilators - home grown to beat the surge if one happens (Original Post) msongs Apr 2020 OP
and it's all open sourced for anyone on the planet to use... nt msongs Apr 2020 #1
Excellent! nt tblue37 Apr 2020 #2
Yaaaay! SheltieLover Apr 2020 #3
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