Winning the #GiveaBreath challenge from Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft and Munich Re (Group) was just the start to help patients worldwide to fight #COVID19.
After 3 months of hard work we finalized a ventilator system and an oxygen concentrator from scratch and were awarded with the first place.
It was really impressive to see with how much energy and passion the 150 globally distributed teams pushed their ideas to fight the pandemic.
It was an honor to be part of Team #VividBreath. Thanks to Heiko Seif, Isabel Grupp, Johannes Grupp, Achim Kümmerle, Dr. Klaas Rackebrandt , Rainer Szalata, Dr. Alexander Scholz, Stefan Schlichting, Clancy Dennis and Dr Deepak Agrawal.
Many thanks to the jury, consisting of Torsten Jeworrek, Thomas Blunck, Ralf Wehrspohn, Alexander Kurz, oscar-W.Reif, Peter Schardt, Johann Weidringer, Karsten Hiltawsky, Dirk Hilgenberg and Dr. Marco Nock.
Der Gewinn der #GiveaBreath Challenge der Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft und der Munch Re (Gruppe) war nur der Anfang, Patienten weltweit bei der Bekämpfung von #COVID19 zu helfen.
Es war wirklich beeindruckend zu sehen, mit wie viel Energie und Leidenschaft die 150 weltweit verteilten Teams ihre Ideen zur Bekämpfung der Pandemie verfolgten.