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Student develops wearable device to help people live during the Covid-19 pandemic
Solution Shared by Ana Ribeiro on 2020-05-26 17:33
Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the World Health Organization and each country’s National Health Authorities were advising citizens to maintain social distance and follow proper health and safety measures. In order to make this process easier, Prabin Kumar ...
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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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Volunteers create platform to provide meals to people in need
Solution Shared by Ana Ribeiro on 2020-06-04 18:32
A team of volunteers created OpenMeal, a platform that supports two vulnerable communities: restaurants struggling to keep their businesses open and families struggling to get food. The platform was developed during the Covid-19 pandemic, when the team of ...
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Platform lets isolated seniors read bedtime stories to children during the pandemic
Solution Shared by Ana Ribeiro on 2020-08-07 17:45
Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, many seniors living in nursing homes or assisted care facilities were feeling alone and isolated. Likewise, having to stay at home was also being very challenging for children. The Goodnight Zoom platform was created to ...
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Robot to help hospitalized patients keep in touch with their loved ones
Solution Shared by Ana Ribeiro on 2020-07-02 22:17
Patients who were hospitalized during the Covid-19 pandemic were not allowed to receive visits from their loved-ones, in order to prevent the spread of the virus. However, to make sure the patients could still keep in touch with their family and friends, ...
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