Damn...that was quick

[lonelobo]

James Dyson designed a new ventilator in 10 days. He's making 15,000 for the pandemic fight

Dyson has received an order from the UK government for 10,000 ventilators to support efforts by the country's National Health Service to treat coronavirus patients.

www.cnn.com

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[Ferrismonk]

Impressive, but I'm sure his quality control and testing hasn't exactly met current standards....

My buddy used to work at Stryker. They spent 3 years and tens of millions of dollars on an updated version of their bariatric bed before deciding to shelve it instead of continue the design process and putting it into production. One month? That's a cell phone processor attached an air blower with some one-way valves.

 

[Orin]

A lot of the usual checks/balances are being skirted here, but necessity breeds innovative techniques that show why we may have needed those checks/balances.

Honestly though, there does seem to be a lot of dumb red tape.

 

[drpainfree]

Impressive, but I'm sure his quality control and testing hasn't exactly met current standards....

My buddy used to work at Stryker. They spent 3 years and tens of millions of dollars on an updated version of their bariatric bed before deciding to shelve it instead of continue the design process and putting it into production. One month? That's a cell phone processor attached an air blower with some one-way valves.

It's why America is losing its competitive advantage in world economy.