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Covid-19: Meeting the challenges through Engineering

I was president of the IET for 2016-17, and have been asked by government to gather practical and innovative ideas from our Engineering communities. So, please enter any ideas you might have in this thread that might help address and mitigate the Covid-19 crisis. Ideas might include digital tracking / monitoring through therapy equipment and beyond. Even ideas outside your usual expertise domain will be welcome. Now’s the time for Engineering to show we can change the world!
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  • Ian MacGillivray:

    ... focusing on the Ventilators challenge...



    • A managed, open-source styled, design authority.


    There are a number of open source initiatives, all with worthy aims, but I'm not sure how you would recognise one or the other as a design authority?
    https://opensourceventilator.ie
    https://opensource.com/article/20/3/open-hardware-covid19


    Ian MacGillivray:


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    • Coordinated information on manufacture, logistics, assembly, testing, shipping, support, recycling


    I think this is what's missing, certainly I can't find it easily using Google searches.
    Even a simple list of components required mapped to the skills/facilities required and the companies authorised to assemble them would be a good start.
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  • Ian MacGillivray:

    ... focusing on the Ventilators challenge...



    • A managed, open-source styled, design authority.


    There are a number of open source initiatives, all with worthy aims, but I'm not sure how you would recognise one or the other as a design authority?
    https://opensourceventilator.ie
    https://opensource.com/article/20/3/open-hardware-covid19


    Ian MacGillivray:


    ...

    • Coordinated information on manufacture, logistics, assembly, testing, shipping, support, recycling


    I think this is what's missing, certainly I can't find it easily using Google searches.
    Even a simple list of components required mapped to the skills/facilities required and the companies authorised to assemble them would be a good start.
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