<div dir="ltr">Thanks Ellen! Some might be interested in what Right to Repair campaigners are doing related to this. <div><br></div><div>Right to Repair -- which was a topic at Maintainers III -- has been working to both eliminate the barriers to repair to repairing ventilators, pressuring manufacturers to provide access to repair tools (service software, manuals, etc), and using this example as a way to highlight how the system this crisis inherited is much more fragile that it needs to be because manufacturers have tried to monopolize repair to seek rents or drive a faster rate of replacement. </div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://www.engadget.com/2020-03-19-medical-equipment-open-repair-call.html">https://www.engadget.com/2020-03-19-medical-equipment-open-repair-call.html</a> </div><div><br></div><div>Meanwhile, iFixit has compiled 150 some ventilator service manuals to help technicians more easily service the vents that are coming in and out. <br></div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://www.ifixit.com/Device/Ventilator">https://www.ifixit.com/Device/Ventilator</a> </div><div><br></div><div>If you have access to ventilator manuals or know anyone in the biomedical engineering or clinical engineering field, we are trying to build some support for these efforts. </div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Apr 2, 2020 at 10:40 AM E.F. Spero <<a href="mailto:efs8@mit.edu" target="_blank">efs8@mit.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>Many of you in the US have probably already seen this - but nevertheless I pass it along<br></div><div>"A Ventilator Stockpile, With One Hitch: Thousands Do Not Work: While President Trump has assured states that thousands of ventilators remain at the ready, thousands more are in storage, unmaintained or otherwise unusable."</div><div><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/01/us/politics/coronavirus-ventilators.html?campaign_id=9&emc=edit_NN_p_20200402&instance_id=17271&nl=morning-briefing&regi_id=68011755&section=topNews&segment_id=23606&te=1&user_id=27f84bd98615861dacf04227a3e2567c" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/01/us/politics/coronavirus-ventilators.html?campaign_id=9&emc=edit_NN_p_20200402&instance_id=17271&nl=morning-briefing&regi_id=68011755&section=topNews&segment_id=23606&te=1&user_id=27f84bd98615861dacf04227a3e2567c</a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>---<br></div><div>Ellan F. Spero, Ph.D.</div><div><br>Lecturer<br>Massachusetts Institute of Technology<br><a href="mailto:efs8@mit.edu" target="_blank">efs8@mit.edu</a><br><br>Co-Founder and Chief Curriculum Officer<br>Station1<br><a href="mailto:ellan@station1.org" target="_blank">ellan@station1.org</a><br><a href="http://www.Station1.org" target="_blank">www.Station1.org</a><br><br><a href="https://twitter.com/ellanfei" target="_blank">Twitter (@ellanfei)</a> <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/ellan-spero-b1126a18/" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a> Skype: efspero<br>(she, her, hers)<br><span style="color:rgb(6,69,173)"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/27155006/" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(6,69,173)"></span></a></span><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt"><br><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt"></span></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><span></span><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">Il giorno mer 1 apr 2020 alle ore 13:52 Ishi Crew <<a href="mailto:mediaentropy@gmail.com" target="_blank">mediaentropy@gmail.com</a>> ha scritto:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">My area is on semi-lockdown. I do sort of wonder what would happen if all electricity is lost, or there are major problems with water infrastructure--pipes start bursting, or even the local youth and drug addicts get feeling so deprived , cooped up and angry we get alot of violent crime. <br><br>(I live in an apt.---i worry about the maintenance people ---people who clean and maintain this place, plant the beautiful flowers, empty the dumpster, deal with the contiual problems with the plumbing system---its an old building, so pipes fail.) Not to mention utlity crews who have to deal with power lines every time a tree falls down. Most people in this area are very considerate so there is not much to clean, but some are careless or inconsiderate--leave their trash everywhere or worse.). <br><br><br>I could sort of see some sort of 'Darwinian evolution' in which different classes of workers become different species. You have the tech workers, utility workers, people who empty the dumpsters, the landscapers, the gorcery workers, police , fire dept etc all of whom self-segregate , create ther own self-sufficient communites (in part) and become different species. </div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Apr 1, 2020 at 12:23 PM Piper Wilder <<a href="mailto:piper.wilder@60hertzenergy.com" target="_blank">piper.wilder@60hertzenergy.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div>Thanks for sharing this, Jasmine. <div><br></div><div>My software company, <a href="http://www.60hertzenergy.com" target="_blank">60Hertz</a> provides maintenance software for very remote utility workers who look after microgrids in villages, commercial/industrial sites, telecomm, mines etc. We hadn’t considered the role of COVID-isolated, utility workers, but our platform could be well-suited to help. Thank you again for sharing this article.</div><div><br></div><div>Is anyone on this listserve looking at the role of isolated maintenance workers and mental health? This is a strong thesis for 60Hertz and shapes our work; we would like to find likeminded researchers or colleagues with whom to engage on the topic. </div><div><br></div><div>Best regards,</div><div>Piper<br><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>On Apr 1, 2020, at 9:34 AM, Jasmine McNealy <<a href="mailto:jmcnealy@ufl.edu" target="_blank">jmcnealy@ufl.edu</a>> wrote:</div><br><div>
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