The Open Air Project, developed by a group of portuguese engineers, launched, on 24 March, the plataform "Vent2Life". Nuno Coelho, a former ISEP student, is one of the volunteers on this project that aims to save lives by repairing inactive ventilators. 

Vent2life allows all interested entities, public or private, collective or individual, to identify the ventilators and equipment in their possession that are not being used or in need of repair, so that they can be brought back to the hospitals. The platform was developed in about a week, by a group of 24 volunteers, joined by an OutSystems team, also on a voluntary basis, who provided technical support and the entire programming of the system.

The project hopes to help repair, at least, 200 damaged or inactive ventilators currently stored at Portuguese hospitals spread across the country.

Some of the equipments have already been identified and are being analyzed by specialised technicians so they can help in the treatment of patients with the new coronavirus.

The project is supported by ISEP, NOVA School of Science and Technology, Portuguese Engineers Association and NOVA Medical School | Faculdade de Ciências Médicas.

For now the platform can only be used by Portuguese hospitals, but it will soon be available in other countries.