Re:A Novel Mechanical Ventilator Designed for Mass Scale Pro...
by serf on Wednesday March 25, 2020 @12:14AM
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>Why do we need more designs? We have designs.
because a cheaper, ubiquitous, and open design could have lead to us having more than enough ventilators at this point in time had we been considering the need earlier. An open design that was prevalent now could allow manufacturers to spin up production without the fear of IP legal repercussions.
Why are people interested in designing such things now? Because the problem has been elucidated and maybe the shortage can be prevented next time.
Something majorly bad for fast production : capitalism-oriented-design(read: profit) high tech machines with heavily unique firmwares and lots of high-cost IP in use inside the mechanism.
because a cheaper, ubiquitous, and open design could have lead to us having more than enough ventilators at this point in time had we been considering the need earlier. An open design that was prevalent now could allow manufacturers to spin up production without the fear of IP legal repercussions.
Why are people interested in designing such things now? Because the problem has been elucidated and maybe the shortage can be prevented next time.
Something majorly bad for fast production : capitalism-oriented-design(read: profit) high tech machines with heavily unique firmwares and lots of high-cost IP in use inside the mechanism.