 
| How to correctly wear your coronavirus face mask and gloves – video Tue, 31 Mar 2020 05:58:02 from World news | The Guardian by Lewis Isaacs Trish Hann, a Sydney-based diagnostic radiographer and clinical educator, goes through the correct method of putting on and wearing personal protective equipment. ‘The most important thing with regards to PPE is making sure that what you’re wearing is appropriate,’ she saysCan a face mask protect me from coronavirus? Covid-19 myths bustedHow to protect yourself against coronavirusContinue reading...... Read more |
| 'Pandemic drones': useful for enforcing social distancing, or for creating a police state? Tue, 31 Mar 2020 05:54:25 from Anglais – The Conversation by Michael Richardson, Senior Research Fellow, UNSW BAGUS INDAHONO/EPAPeople in Western Australia may soon see more than birds in the sky, as the state’s police force has announced plans to deploy drones to enforce social distancing. The drones will visit parks, beaches and cafe strips, ensuring people comply with the most recent round of gathering rules. As COVID-19 restrictions tighten around the world, governments are harnessing the potential of drones. From delivering medical supplies, to helping keep people...... Read more |
| UC Davis Engineers Innovating Protective Equipment For Medical Workers During COVID-19 Crisis Tue, 31 Mar 2020 05:25:53 from CBS Sacramento by CBS Sacramento DAVIS (CBS13) — The escalating virus crisis is being met head-on by a team of UC Davis engineers in a creative way. They’re using the best of the best 3D printing equipment to help during the COVID-19 health crisis. The students may be gone from the UC Davis campus, but bright minds connected with the university are still hard at work trying to shine a light on these dark times. Steven Lucero is the manager of the Translating Engineering Advances To Medicine (TEAM) Lab. The team is helping come...... Read more |
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Medtronic is sharing its portable ventilator design specifications and code for free to all Mon, 30 Mar 2020 21:49:29 from TechCrunch by Darrell Etherington Healthcare and biomedical engineering company Medtronic, which was in the news recently because Tesla CEO Elon Musk had discussions with the company about the automaker’s potential plans to build ventilator hardware in order to , but today it’s doing something potentially far more impactful. Medtronic is making the full design specifications, produce manuals, design documents, and in the future, software code for its Puritan Bennett (PB) 560 portable ventilator hardware available to anyone. The...... Read more |
| A temporary-housing startup backed by Airbnb is aiding in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic by offering discounts to displaced students and healthcare workers Mon, 30 Mar 2020 17:37:00 from Tech Insider by Libertina Brandt Zeus, a temporary-housing startup backed by Airbnb, is offering discounts to displaced students and healthcare workers amid the coronavirus pandemic. The platform serves people in six major metro areas: San Francisco, Boston, New York, Los Angeles, Seattle, and Washington, DC Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories. Zeus, a company that offers temporary housing on a monthly basis, is using its platform to help students and healthcare workers in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic...... Read more |
Daily Crunch: FDA clears procedure for N95 mask decontamination Mon, 30 Mar 2020 16:23:49 from TechCrunch by Anthony Ha The FDA approves a new procedure that could allow healthcare workers to reuse N95 respirator masks, Microsoft divests from a facial recognition startup and Saudi spies have been taking advantage of a network security flaw. Here’s your Daily Crunch for March 30, 2020. 1. FDA grants emergency authorization to system that decontaminates N95 respirator masks for reuse Research, development and lab management company Battelle has received special emergency authorization from the U.S. healthcare...... Read more |
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