Covid-19
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Young graduates create platform to match Covid-19 patients with plasma donors
Solution Shared by Ana Ribeiro on 2020-08-07 18:06
Recent graduates Karina Thakrar and Dr. Neil Pinto have created PINT (Plasma In Need For Transfusion) Network – a website that is based on a matchmaking algorithm that, quickly and efficiently, matches plasma donors with Covid-19 patients in need. " ...
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Designers create project to take information about Covid-19 to remote populations
Solution Shared by Ana Ribeiro on 2020-06-16 10:40
Catalina Lotero and Felipe Guarin are designers and founders of the Whatever Works design studio. During the Covid-19 pandemic, when the first cases of infection outside China started arising, they decided they should “do something to design solutions for ...
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Inventor creates foot-operated door pedal to help contain the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic
Solution Shared by Ana Ribeiro on 2020-06-16 10:30
During the Covid-19 pandemic, engineer and inventor Michael Aiken developed the “Anti-covid-19 Door Opener” that allows people to open doors by using their feet. According to the project’s page on the Instructables website, the innovator states that “The ...
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Scientists develop a rapid test for Covid19
Solution Shared by sara.di.fabio@patient-innovation.com on 2020-04-07 10:53
Scientists from Oxford University and Oxford Suzhou Centre for Advanced Research (OSCAR) have developed a rapid testing technology for Covid19. The new test is fast, it gives the result in just half an hour, and does not need a complicated instrument. ...
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Students prints 3D masks for local hospital
Solution Shared by Ana Ribeiro on 2020-03-27 16:01
For Christian de Weck it all started when he saw on the news that Mass General Hospital was experiencing a severe shortage of masks, due to the Covid-19 pandemic, and asked the help of everyone that had 3D printers available. Ever since he was young, ...
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App to prevent overcrowding in bars and restaurants during the Covid-19 pandemic
Solution Shared by Ana Ribeiro on 2020-07-31 18:40
Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, people had to follow certain health a safety measures to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus. Such measures include social distancing, which was especially challenging in enclosed spaces, such as restaurants and bars. ...
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Group of volunteers works to bring groceries and supplies to high-risk demographics during Covid-19 pandemic
Solution Shared by sara.di.fabio@patient-innovation.com on 2020-03-25 10:52
Invisible Hands Deliver was born when college students amassed 1,700 healthy volunteers to deliver groceries and medicines to the Covid-19 high-risk people in New York City. The focus is mostly the elderly and immunocompromised people but also all others ...
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Radio show promotes public awareness about Covid-19
Solution Shared by Ana Ribeiro on 2020-06-19 10:15
Mikado FM is a radio station from Mali, promoted by the United Nations, which seeks to consolidate peace, harmony and coexistence in the country. With the onset of the COvid-19 pandemic in the country, the radio wanted to provide an important public ...
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Homemade sterilizer box for protective gear during Covid19 pandemic
Solution Shared by sara.di.fabio@patient-innovation.com on 2020-03-27 11:28
Because of the rapid spreading of the coronavirus infection, there is a worldwide shortage of personal protective gear. Usually, protective gears should be used one time only, but Erik is proposing a sterilization box to reuse the equipment until ...
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Portuguese student responds to pandemic crisis with open source ventilators
Solution Shared by Ana Ribeiro on 2020-03-13 16:27
João Nascimento, a Portuguese Neurosciences and Philosophy student at Harvard University, was paying close attention to the news reports about the spread of the new strain of coronavirus responsible for the Covid-19 disease. João noticed that one of the ...
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