Dark matter astrophysicists invent dirt-cheap ventilator

ZDNet Innovation Weekly

April 10, 2020

Astrophysicists looking for dark matter invent dirt-cheap open-source ventilator to combat COVID-19

A team of over 100 scientists who had been building a super-sophisticated detector to find the universe's dark matter had to suspend operations while in quarantine. But they didn't stop working. They developed a super-simple, super-cheap ventilator they hope to make in volume to fight COVID-19.

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