What kind of crap you got laying around in your garage? It could save a life.
An anesthesiologist in Mississippi figured out a way to build a ventilator for less than a benny. He used a garden hose, an electronic valve, and a lamp timer, and created what is now called the "Robertson Ventilator."
That's it.
What, no duct tape? What about a paperclip?
Nope.
His name is Dr. Charles Robertson, and he said it took him about 20 to 30 minutes, and nearly 100 could be made in one day by four- or five-person teams.
Genius Doc said, "The brain behind the thing is actually a lamp timer. It's not fancy but it works."
As of Tuesday, his hospital staff had already made 170 Robertson ventilators.
Necessity is the mother of invention, indeed.
