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The first “made in Linz” fan to serve a humanitarian purpose: it was designed in such a way that it can be easily reproduced, with materials that are available almost everywhere in the world.
“We all still have the images of Italy in our heads when hospitals reached their capacity limits, and doctors had to decide who to help and who not,” said Vic-tor Suturin, head of the project. “This is how this idea came about.”
There are construction plans on the Internet.
The software is open source, that is, it is publicly accessible on the Internet. A normal fan costs around 50,000 euros, the PolyVent only costs around 1,000 euros, but it does not last that long. It is designed to avoid another bottleneck during the pandemic.
The planning for this took many weeks, the prototype was built as part of the Impact Innovation Weeks in the Grand Garage of the tobacco factory. “This is the perfect place to do things like this,” enthused Suturin. The Grand Garage, an open workshop with over 90 machines and digital technologies, is “prototype development heaven.”
Innovative city of Linz
The city of Linz is also one of the supporters. “With this project we are proving once again that we are the most innovative city in Austria. We already have this reputation beyond the borders of the country. That makes me proud,” said Mayor Klaus Luger at the presentation.
The project was preceded by the hackathon (software contest, note) “#EUvsVirus” of the European Commission. In addition to PolyVent, Markus Waghubinger and his tobacco factory-based consulting firm “Sophia Advisory” took third place at the hackathon. On the online platform www.halloSophia.com, you bring small and medium-sized businesses together with financial experts quickly and easily. (had)
