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Designer creates portable hook to open doors without using your hands
Solution Shared by Ana Ribeiro on 2020-04-09 17:22
Designer Steve Brooks was concerned about the spread of the new coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 and wanted to come up with a device that could allow people to open door without touching the handles. So he designed the Hygienehook, a portable and personal device ...
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Italian municipality collects initiatives addressing citizens over 65 during the Covid-19 outbreak
Solution Shared by sara.di.fabio@patient-innovation.com on 2020-05-04 15:20
The municipality of Milan created an email address, ‘ milanoaiuta@comune.milano.it ’, to collect all the initiatives for citizens over 65, people affected by chronic conditions, and immunosuppressed people. Initiative that are organised in the area with ...
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Students create Lego robots to help fight against the new coronavirus
Solution Shared by Ana Ribeiro on 2020-03-25 19:07
Students from an elementary school in southern Taiwan came up with an innovative way to encourage kids to wash their hands and fight the spread of the new coronavirus. They created a Lego robot that automatically dispenses an amount of hand sanitizer, so ...
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Caregiver creates an open source blog to design a Pandemic Ventilator
Solution Shared by sara.di.fabio@patient-innovation.com on 2020-03-25 16:36
The Pandemic Ventilator was built to be used as a ventilator of last resort during a possible avian flu pandemic. The inventor was motivated by the idea of someone he loves needing a ventilator in a moment of crisis. The ventilator is very primitive and ...
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Neighbour organises socially distance communal dance session to help keep the morale up
Solution Shared by sara.di.fabio@patient-innovation.com on 2020-04-07 14:59
As the coronavirus crisis continues, people in the UK are doing trying to help those in need and inject some joy into life. In Cheshire, residents on a street are doing socially distanced communal dance sessions to exercise during lockdown. Janet Woodcock ...
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Scholars and researchers develop a robot to encourage children to wash their hands
Solution Shared by sara.di.fabio@patient-innovation.com on 2020-04-03 17:34
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham academic and research centre AMMACHI Labs in Kerala in collaboration with Glasgow University in Scotland have developed Pepe, the robot that engages students and encourage them to wash their hands properly. Pepe has been ...
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Teacher designs ear guards to relieve pain from wearing face masks
Solution Shared by Ana Ribeiro on 2020-04-08 12:21
Craig Wiles, Head of Design and Technology at Strathallan School, heard that healthcare workers were suffering from pain and blisters cause by wearing face masks for extended periods of time. “I knew there must be something we could do to help.” So, he ...
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Dad invents a coronavirus safety capsule for babies
Solution Shared by Diogo Nunes on 2021-08-24 20:13
With the appearance of the new coronavirus, humanity was forced to adapt to a new reality. In China, the new coronavirus has infected more than 81,000 people and claimed at least 3259 lives. Bai Ying, Chinese father of a newborn, afraid that the baby ...
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Friends develop Classroom Spacing Calculator to keep students safe in school
Solution Shared by Ana Ribeiro on 2020-07-08 19:10
To help maintain social distancing measures and keep students safe at school, Rita Rain and Bogna Haponiuk have developed a Classroom Spacing Calculator. According to guidelines emitted by the CDC, students should be kept 6 feet (1,80 meters) apart. Using ...
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Startup launches wearable devices to help monitor proximity between coworkers
Solution Shared by Ana Ribeiro on 2020-04-29 12:17
Startup company Estimote has developed a new line of wearable devices, designed to monitor the proximity and contact level between employees at their workplace. These devices are meant to be an addition to social distancing measures and help control the ...
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