Boom.
Related Forbes article:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/alexandrasternlicht/2020/03/18/theres-a-shortage-of-ventilators-for-coronavirus-patients-so-this-international-group-invented-an-open-source-alternative-thats-being-tested-next-week/#1b185723ba01
Quote:
"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."
Breeze Automation is in the local "network." Came out of Otherlab like Roam Robotics, a company I visited last Fall. Likely some relationship... couldn't disclose that.
Roam has military, medical and consumer opportunities and I got to meet the CEO and COO during my visit. Bright fellas. I was introduced to them by one of their venture investors.
I would surmise that there are a lot of efforts like this underway-- thanks to 93nav for posting and to Mr. Cavalcanti, et al for jumpin' in.
And...
where there is one there are likely others...
and
some is good, more are better