A Sacramento student is looking to the future to help health care workers amid the coronavirus outbreak.With the shortage of N95 masks, Connor Vallero took it upon himself to make a powered air-purifying respirator.The Jesuit High School junior took a snorkeling mask, put a seal around the face, added a HEPA-grade vacuum filter, which would also filter out the COVID-19 virus, and powered it with a normal computer fan.Vallero says he hopes to help the people on the front lines of the outbreak. The teen built the mask with under $50 and put the instructions on www.instructables.com.Get the full story in the video above.

A Sacramento student is looking to the future to help health care workers amid the coronavirus outbreak.


With the shortage of N95 masks, Connor Vallero took it upon himself to make a powered air-purifying respirator.

The Jesuit High School junior took a snorkeling mask, put a seal around the face, added a HEPA-grade vacuum filter, which would also filter out the COVID-19 virus, and powered it with a normal computer fan.

Vallero says he hopes to help the people on the front lines of the outbreak. The teen built the mask with under $50 and put the instructions on www.instructables.com.

Get the full story in the video above.