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Inventor develops a homemade dashboard that provides real-time updates about Covid-19 outbreak state
Solution Shared by sara.di.fabio@patient-innovation.com on 2020-05-04 12:17
Harsh Shah created a World’s Live Covid19 Dashboard that provides real-time updates about the Covid-19 outbreak state. The project was designed with handy components to create a simple dashboard interface. The components used are:- ESP8266- OLED Display- ...
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Students develop remote controlled robot to assist patients with Covid-19
Solution Shared by Ana Ribeiro on 2020-07-08 18:51
Engeneering students from the Ecole Superiore Polytechnique (ESP), in Dakar, have developed a medical robot designed to help medical professionals stay safe while treating patients with Covid-19. We've found that health care workers are highly ...
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Students develop smart dustbin for contactless waste disposal
Solution Shared by Ana Ribeiro on 2020-06-04 18:42
A team of students at Lovely Professional University developed a contactless dustbin for healthcare services called “Ally”. The motivation to develop this device was the create specialized equipment to deal with the Covid-19 pandemic, especially in ...
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Inventor creates solar-powered hand washing sink
Solution Shared by Ana Ribeiro on 2020-06-19 10:14
To help his country fight the Covid-19 pandemic, inventor Richard Aning created a solar-powered handwashing sink. This invention was created to allow people, even those living in remote location, to wash their hands and help control the spread of the new ...
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Innovator from Kenya creates device to sanitize money and help fight Covid-19
Solution Shared by Ana Ribeiro on 2020-09-16 18:03
Dansin Wanjohi lives in Mwea, Kenya, and works as an agent for M-Pesa, a mobile money transfer service, a job which requires him to handle cash everyday. During the Covid-19 pandemic, the Kenyan Ministry of Health urged the population to replace cash ...
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Taxi driver creates automatic hand washing system for passengers
Solution Shared by Ana Ribeiro on 2020-05-21 12:33
Joseph Ernest Acquah, a taxi driver from Ghana, developed an innovative way to help the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic. Following the safety measures recommended by the World Health Organization, especially with regards to frequent had washing, he ...
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Movement provides tablets for hospitalized patients to communicate with their families
Solution Shared by Ana Ribeiro on 2020-06-27 18:14
To combat the isolation of hospitalized patients, unable to receive visitors during the Covid-19 pandemic, a movement in Portugal was created to provide the patients with a means of communicating with their loved-ones. The movement aims to donate 2500 ...
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Researches develop system to improve intubations procedures of Covid-19 patients
Solution Shared by Ana Ribeiro on 2020-07-16 09:18
Researchers from the Federal University of São Carlos (Universidade Federal de São Carlos – USFCar), have created a system to improve the intubation procedure of patients with Covid-19. In a typical intubation procedure, a tube is connected to a ...
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Friends create smartband that vibrates to reduce face touching
Solution Shared by Ana Ribeiro on 2020-04-14 15:23
Immutouch is a wearable smartband that vibrates every time the users touch their face, with the aim of keeping people safe during the Covid-19 pandemic and also create safe habits for the future. The device was created by two brothers, Matthew and Joseph ...
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Researchers create drones to disinfect public spaces
Solution Shared by Ana Ribeiro on 2020-06-08 20:16
A team of researchers from the Health Innovation via Engineering lab, at NUI Galway, have created an autonomous drone that uses ultraviolet light to strerilize surfaces. It is called the UVCDrone and was developed after the first surge of COVID-19 in ...
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