The car maker is donating 20,000 Scrappy Filtration kits to underserved communities. May 12th, 2021 Industrial Media Staff Ford DIY air filtration system, co-developed with Lasko, enables easy mitigation of risk of airborne spread of COVID-19 in enclosed spaces like classrooms with poor ventilation. Ford Motor Ford’s latest innovation in the fight against COVID-19 is an air filtration kit, co-developed with Lasko, that can be assembled at home or in school – and the science behind it is backed up by a peer-reviewed research article appearing this month in a prominent scientific journal. Ford and Lasko are donating 20,000 kits to underserved communities. Featuring an open-source design, the kit can be used by others interested in making their own to help reduce COVID-19 in rooms and other enclosed spaces.