I think this sort of thinking is very good-hearted but naive. Basic med supplies are not the problem, what they need is more docs and more beds. With a disease so deadly nobody is going to want to trust their lives to DIY-grade equipment. For example the dremelfuge has no housing and the aerosol from it sprays the operator.
Patrik and I just came back from 2 days in Washington DC at an OSTP-hosted hack session for Ebola. There we learned that the survivors are a group to be handled with care- everyone is trying to study them, get their plasma, get them to work in the wards. They are overwhelmed. So this idea of making it easier to get their plasma has to take that into account- I would guess there is already plenty of equipment there to do that but not a lot of cooperation by volunteers.
On Wed, Oct 29, 2014 at 9:14 PM, Boris Kogan boris@swarmbuild.com wrote:
Hi,
We're SwarmBuild, an online platform for digital fabrication and engineering. We are running a challenge for the DIY bio community and maker movement to create an open source, digitally fabricatable toolkit to help fight Ebola. Please check it out, spread the word and participate. I think that the fast turnaround time and ability to work within a low budget makes this movement ideally suited to come up with economical solutions to help medical personnel on the ground fight the epidemic.
http://blog.swarmbuild.com/diy-bio-killer-app-challenge-fighting-ebola-with-...
Sincerely,
Boris (Baruch) Kogan +972-58-441-3829 (Israel) (608)852-9993 (US) CEO, SwarmBuild www.swarmbuild.com http://blog.swarmbuild.com