companies and organizations began shifting production

to meet the demand for much-needed ventilators.

In Europe, scuba diving masks

became a new tool to fight COVID-19.

An Israeli missile company

now makes life-saving breathing machines.

And, in the United States,

Tesla engineers designed ventilators

made from spare electric car parts.

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

offered free ventilators to hospitals that needed them.

But, these machines, designed for sleep apnea,

had to be converted by doctors

at a New York City hospital.

Now, Tesla employees created a prototype

made from Model 3 parts.

- We've been working on developing

our own ventilator design, specifically one

that's heavily based on Tesla car parts.

You can see that all the red parts

here are a Tesla vehicle part,

so we've used a lot of those.

- This touch screen is powered by

the Model 3 infotainment computer in here,

which controls Model 3 vehicle controllers.

- In Michigan, Ford and GE

plan to use a former automotive plant

to build a ventilator that doesn't need electricity.

It uses air pressure to run.

The companies expect to get started in late April,

producing 50,000 ventilators in the first 100 days,

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

In Tokyo, Metron produces ventilators for animals.

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

The CEO said the respiratory systems

of humans and many animals are similar.

Japan's government asked Metron

to modify the equipment for human use.

Representatives from the UK, the US, and India

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

The global effort to fight the coronavirus

even meant one company making a life-saving product,

instead of its usual life-taking weapons.

In Tel Aviv, Israel Aerospace Industries

rapidly shifted its production line

from missiles to ventilators.

It partnered with medical device maker Inovytec

and the Israel Defense Force

to deliver 30 ventilators.

In France, the Ambroise Paré Clinic

converted scuba diving masks to medical use,

so that patients would not need tubes

going into their lungs.

These can help less severe cases of COVID-19.

Decathlon, the maker of the masks,

suspended sales to the public

and donated them to hospitals in need.

In Belgium, an engineer devised an adapter

for the masks on a 3D printing machine.

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

and from the first talk we had

to the really usable prototype,

it was really a few hours.

- The printed prototype

became the model for a large order

using medical-grade plastics.

In the Czech Republic,

researchers designed a simple ventilator

for others to produce around the world.

The design will be released to the public

so that anyone can manufacture the ventilators,

instead of waiting for the finished product

to be shipped from somewhere else.

And in Slovakia,

these students built a stop-gap ventilator

for patients waiting on more professional designs.

In light of the pandemic,

the world is seeing human ingenuity and compassion

attacking a problem facing everyone.