Re:GM’s CEO Offers to Make Ventilators in WWII-Style Mobiliz...
by mjevans on Thursday March 19, 2020 @03:09AM
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Those are closer to nanomachine fabrication tasks, but different. Lots of specialized, uncommon, high-precision machines: everything is a one off, there is no bulk, and it's all expensive and fiddly.
Ironically the way to make this stuff cheaper would be a three-fold attack.
* Make MORE things that use the same parts, so that making the raw materials is commodity.
* Reduce waste in use (if sterilizing the filters for reuse / etc is possible, etc).
Part 3: Look for alternatives that are feasible.
A hot-zone (book) style line supplied breathing air positive pressure suit that can be scrubbed clean on the outside, OR a similar glove-box (negative draw?, scrubbed inside?) style phone-booth like I think I saw on TV from South Korea (IIRC) would be much better replacements.
Ironically the way to make this stuff cheaper would be a three-fold attack.
* Make MORE things that use the same parts, so that making the raw materials is commodity.
* Reduce waste in use (if sterilizing the filters for reuse / etc is possible, etc).
Part 3: Look for alternatives that are feasible.
A hot-zone (book) style line supplied breathing air positive pressure suit that can be scrubbed clean on the outside, OR a similar glove-box (negative draw?, scrubbed inside?) style phone-booth like I think I saw on TV from South Korea (IIRC) would be much better replacements.