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Public Invention Receives $20,000 Grant from Protocol Labs for VentMon

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Public Invention has received a $20,000 grant from Protocol Labs to build the VentMon, a tester/monitor for rapidly manufactured pandemic ventilators. The Environment for Open-Source Ventilators The pandemic demands a simple device that can be plugged into an airway to test a ventilator. In the developing world, many ventilators are broken and need to be […]

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Working on the Ventilators Shortfall of the COVID-19 Pandemic

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In just the last two weeks, America has begun to take strenuous action to slow the COVID-19 pandemic. Adam made a private call for us to answer this challenge, and Bruce Fenton (unknown to me) made a public call. Since Monday I have been working full-time (and a bit more) on this. NECSI EndCoronavirus Ventilator Response

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Public Invention Speaking at LibrePlanet 2020 Conference

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LibrePlanet2020 Conference LibrePlanet2020 is a leading conference on ethical software; it has been virtualized due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It is totally free! You can watch here: https://libreplanet.org/2020/live/. Presentation Slides Public Invention is going to be speaking at 4:20 on Sunday (EST).  We will be presenting these slides: Slides  

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The Fuller Scale: A Unit of Humanitarian Invention Impact

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Science is about Truth. Engineering is about Compromise At Public Invention, we do both, but perhaps more engineering than science. Our goal is to have a large positive impact on many people; but time and money are always in short supply.  How, then, to compromise on which projects to prioritize? In order to be able

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