companies and organizations began shifting production

公司和組織開始轉移生產

to meet the demand for much-needed ventilators.

以滿足對急需的呼吸機的需求。

In Europe, scuba diving masks

在歐洲，水肺潛水面具

became a new tool to fight COVID-19.

成為打擊COVID-19的新工具。

An Israeli missile company

一家以色列飛彈公司

now makes life-saving breathing machines.

現在生產的是救生呼吸機。

And, in the United States,

而且，在美國。

Tesla engineers designed ventilators

特斯拉工程師設計的通風器

made from spare electric car parts.

用電動車備用零件製成。

In late March, Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla,

3月底，特斯拉CEO埃隆-馬斯克。

offered free ventilators to hospitals that needed them.

向有需要的醫院免費提供呼吸機。

But, these machines, designed for sleep apnea,

但是，這些機器，是為睡眠呼吸暫停設計的。

had to be converted by doctors

不得不由醫生進行改造

at a New York City hospital.

在紐約市一家醫院。

Now, Tesla employees created a prototype

現在，特斯拉員工創造了一個原型。

made from Model 3 parts.

用3型車的零件做的。

- We've been working on developing

- 我們一直在努力開發

our own ventilator design, specifically one

我們自己設計的通風機，特別是一個

that's heavily based on Tesla car parts.

這在很大程度上是基於特斯拉汽車的零部件。

You can see that all the red parts

你可以看到，所有的紅色部分

here are a Tesla vehicle part,

這裡有一個特斯拉車輛部分。

so we've used a lot of those.

所以我們已經用了很多這些。

- This touch screen is powered by

- 該觸摸屏採用

the Model 3 infotainment computer in here,

這裡的Model 3資訊娛樂電腦。

which controls Model 3 vehicle controllers.

其中控制3型車控制器。

- In Michigan, Ford and GE

- 在密歇根州，福特和GE

plan to use a former automotive plant

擬用舊汽車廠

to build a ventilator that doesn't need electricity.

來打造一個不需要電的通風器。

It uses air pressure to run.

它是利用空氣壓力來運行的。

The companies expect to get started in late April,

這兩家公司預計在4月下旬開工。

producing 50,000 ventilators in the first 100 days,

在頭100天內生產5萬臺呼吸機。

and then, 30,000 a month, going forward.

然後，每月3萬，往後。

In Tokyo, Metron produces ventilators for animals.

在東京，Metron生產動物用呼吸機。

Now, they're being converted to use for people.

現在，它們被改造成了為人所用。

The CEO said the respiratory systems

首席執行官說，呼吸系統

of humans and many animals are similar.

的人類和許多動物是相似的。

Japan's government asked Metron

日本政府要求Metron

to modify the equipment for human use.

改造設備供人使用；

Representatives from the UK, the US, and India

來自英國、美國和印度的代表。

have also reached out to the company to ask for help.

也曾主動向公司求助。

The global effort to fight the coronavirus

全球抗擊冠狀病毒的努力。

even meant one company making a life-saving product,

甚至意味著一家公司做出了救命的產品。

instead of its usual life-taking weapons.

而不是其慣用的奪命武器。

In Tel Aviv, Israel Aerospace Industries

在特拉維夫，以色列航空航天工業

rapidly shifted its production line

迅速轉移生產線

from missiles to ventilators.

從飛彈到呼吸機。

It partnered with medical device maker Inovytec

它與醫療設備製造商Inovytec合作。

and the Israel Defense Force

以色列國防軍

to deliver 30 ventilators.

提供30臺呼吸機。

In France, the Ambroise Paré Clinic

在法國，Ambroise Paré診所。

converted scuba diving masks to medical use,

將潛水面罩轉為醫用；

so that patients would not need tubes

這樣病人就不需要插管了

going into their lungs.

進入他們的肺部。

These can help less severe cases of COVID-19.

這些可以幫助不太嚴重的COVID-19病例。

Decathlon, the maker of the masks,

Decathlon，面具的製造者。

suspended sales to the public

停售

and donated them to hospitals in need.

並將其捐贈給需要的醫院。

In Belgium, an engineer devised an adapter

在比利時，一位工程師設計了一種適配器

for the masks on a 3D printing machine.

為3D打印機上的面具。

- So that's why we could go very, very fast

- 所以這就是為什麼我們可以走得非常非常快的原因

and from the first talk we had

從我們第一次談話開始

to the really usable prototype,

到真正可用的原型。

it was really a few hours.

這真的是幾個小時。

- The printed prototype

- 打印樣機

became the model for a large order

成為大訂單的典範

using medical-grade plastics.

使用醫療級塑膠。

In the Czech Republic,

在捷克共和國：

researchers designed a simple ventilator

研究人員設計了一個簡單的呼吸機

for others to produce around the world.

為世界各地的其他人生產。

The design will be released to the public

設計將向公眾公佈

so that anyone can manufacture the ventilators,

以至於任何人都可以製造通風器。

instead of waiting for the finished product

而不是等到成品

to be shipped from somewhere else.

要從其他地方運來。

And in Slovakia,

而在斯洛伐克。

these students built a stop-gap ventilator

這些學生建立了一個臨時的通風裝置

for patients waiting on more professional designs.

為等待更專業設計的患者。

In light of the pandemic,

鑑於該大流行病。

the world is seeing human ingenuity and compassion

世間萬物皆見仁見智

attacking a problem facing everyone.

攻克大家面臨的問題。