Afghan robotics team builds COVID-19 ventilator

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Sayed Salahuddin
April 10, 2020

Team drew up its own product design and sent to MIT, Harvard University for approval

KABUL: A team of Afghan female robotics experts has developed a lifesaving ventilator, made from Toyota car parts, to help with the treatment of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patients.

The girls, who won a medal in a global competition for creating a robot that could distinguish between contaminated and clean water, were invited by the governor of the western Afghan city of Herat to try and build a version of the medical device due to a desperate shortage of ventilators in the province.

The impoverished region of war-torn Afghanistan has recently witnessed a sharp rise in the number of COVID-19 cases.

The team, aptly named the Afghan Dreamers, initially tried to source parts from abroad for an advanced digital machine, but high costs and flight suspensions caused by the pandemic made shipments to Afghanistan impossible.

Undaunted, the innovative group looked for supplies closer to home, and came up with the idea of using parts from Toyota Corolla cars sourced from local bazaars.

Based on copies of modern ventilators produced by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the US, the team drew up its own product design and sent copies to MIT and Harvard University for approval.

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  1. Let us be enlightened per oneness of religion preached by One per prophet Muhammad and Krushna and all 1,24,000/- by praising One in all of the. Quran Siparo 105 loudly preach te presence of One in temples, as Krushna tells that God is present in each of His creations (Bhagavad Gita Ch.10/20th Ayat). As all Prophets have preached the same one religion to praise the same One per essence of Quran (1st Ayat A hamdu Li Alah) as well as by Krushna as under:- Bhagavad Gita Chapter 4/11th Ayat tells, “The way you praise God, God worships you the same way,” thus anyone can attain realization of increasing degree, final being Godhood.

    Therefore, let us all Indians, praise One present in each and all Indians and stop misinterpretations of pious Quran by Caliphs, who were not realized. As Arjuna was stanch supporter of his maternal Grand father Vedvas, He seeks to leave off his birth-varna (Kshatriya), which was said to have been by God per Vedas and become a wandering Monk to attain Godhood, Krushna aged 45 years had for first time stated that He was God and that bearing God as Swa of all, is Swa-dharma to realign in One.

    Therefore, we have to pra-padya (praise /namaz) God to bless us and relieve all beings from Corona faithfully. Let us salute to God in each like each and all prophets born such Muslims. Let us rise above Kiyamat mania, by His bless unitedly, as He is present in each living being, so rise above praying for limited time in temples and Musjids but praay all 24 hours everyday.

    with regards. Ramesh

    On Fri, Apr 10, 2020 at 2:32 PM The Muslim Times wrote:

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