Covid-19
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Designers create cardboard mask with replaceable filter
Solution Shared by Ana Ribeiro on 2020-05-29 11:28
Designers from Russia have developed a protective face mask that can be constructed out of cardboard and fitted with interchangeable filters. The product is called the BUMASK and has a very simple design, consisting of a foldable pattern that can be ...
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Community mask designed for men with beards
Solution Shared by Ana Ribeiro on 2020-06-26 17:23
During the Covid-19 pandemic, the use of masks was becoming widespread, with the World Health Organization and most national health authorities recommending citizens to wear facial coverings to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. However, standard face ...
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Mother shares solution to help her autistic son wear a face mask
Solution Shared by Ana Ribeiro on 2020-08-13 18:32
Following the health and safety measures recommended during the Covid-19 pandemic was a challenge to some people, especially those dealing with disabilities or difficult health condition. That was the case of Christina Farley’s son, Zachary, who is ...
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Refugees start awareness team and sewing team to cope with the outbreak of COVID 19 within the refugee camp
Solution Shared by sara.di.fabio@patient-innovation.com on 2020-03-27 13:49
Some residents of the Moria refugee camp on the island of Lesvos created an awareness team in response to the increased sense of urgency about hygiene and handwashing, to help the 20,000 inhabitants of the camp during the COVID19 epidemic. “The conditions ...
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Healthcare workers wear smiling photos of themselves to ease patients with Covid-19
Solution Shared by Ana Ribeiro on 2020-04-14 10:36
Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, thousands of infected patients were being hospitalized throughout the world. And they were being treated by healthcare workers wearing full protective gear, including masks, protective shields and hoods. And not being able to ...
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Families lifted in cranes to see their loved ones in nursing homes
Solution Shared by Ana Ribeiro on 2020-04-29 12:24
Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, nursing homes all over the world had to forbid visitations from the resident’s loved ones, causing a sense of loneliness and isolation. At the same time, many business also had to be shut down during the pandemic, due to the ...
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Inventor creates system that detects if people are wearing a mask
Solution Shared by Ana Ribeiro on 2021-01-21 22:04
During the Covid-19 pandemic, Rahul Khanna D (known as “the lonely programmer”) decided to use his skills as a Computer Vision Engineer to create a solution that would help fight the coronavirus. He created a system that is able to determine if a person ...
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Students create program to help the elderly socialize during the Covid-19 pandemic
Solution Shared by Ana Ribeiro on 2020-06-27 18:23
During the Covid-19 pandemic, residents of nursing homes or assisted-living facilities could no longer receive visitations form their loves-ones, a measure put in place to protect them from being infected by the new coronavirus. To help combat the ...
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Roomates create conversation guide to help people discuss safety measures during the pandemic
Solution Shared by Ana Ribeiro on 2021-01-21 22:11
Lisa Gluckstein and Divya Gopal are two roommates living in San Francisco. When the Covid-19 pandemic arrived in the United States, the two friends decided that, as roommates, they needed to have “an honest conversation about what living together ...
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Facebook group keeps people with disabilities connected during the Covid-19 pandemic
Solution Shared by Ana Ribeiro on 2020-08-13 18:23
Many severely disabled people rely on the help of other to perform their daily life activities. However, during the Covid-19 pandemic, with the population being advised to stay home and practice social distancing, people with disabilities had to face the ...
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