It’s impossible to say no one saw a pandemic coming. In December 2007, a user of the how-to site Instructables uploaded plans for “The Pandemic Ventilator,” a do-it-yourself machine made out of ...

With ventilators in dangerously short supply during the COVID-19 pandemic, a number of DIY groups have begun working on open source designs that could be made at home. Julian Botta, a third year ...

A ventilator envisioned by a University of Florida engineer and built with do-it-yourself parts gained first-step FDA authorization this week, offering hope that it could be in use within weeks at ...

Here's what scientists and healthcare workers say about making homemade protective gear and medical supplies amid the coronavirus pandemic. Tailor Elase Wong making masks out of patterned material at ...

As the Arduino blog explains “making your own medical equipment isn’t normally advisable” Johnny Lee has published a project two GitHub exploring how to transform a CPAP machine into a ventilator.

If the new type of coronavirus infection (COVID-19) becomes severe, bronchitis and pneumonia may be complicated and respiratory failure may occur. Since the number of COVID-19 patients is expected to ...