Do you need COVID innovations?
For several weeks, the Prologue Team has been conducting research to understand the situation and its evolution through the lens of events and public space reception.
One aspect of this work has led us to identify solutions designed to ensure the safety and reassurance of everyone in public spaces.
The WelcomeGate
Designed and manufactured by a French company, the WelcomeGate is a sanitary device intended for public reception, whether at the entrance to stores, shopping centers, or trade shows & fairs.
Electronic wristband or device for maintaining distance
Called Romware Covid Radius, the Belgian company Rombit has developed an electronic wristband that vibrates and beeps when social distances are not respected. It is currently being tested at the Port of Antwerp.
Based on the same principle as the Belgian wristband, the French start-up Ubudu has created a “social distancing assistant” – the Ubudu Social Distancing Assistant (SDA) – in the form of a small device that vibrates if two people are too close.
Both innovations also enable contact tracing if a case is detected.
Space disinfection
An alliance between several French companies has created a robot for disinfecting air and surfaces capable of moving autonomously.
“A collaborative project conducted between Tarn and Gard. This robot will meet the needs for sanitizing medical, professional, or public-facing premises. By design, the proposed solution ensures surface disinfection (floors, walls, equipment, furniture) and ambient air for the safety of people in hospitals, at industrial sites, in commercial premises and offices.” according to actu.fr
Another French innovation in the field of disinfection, the UV scanner from the company Bio-UV. A device equipped with two UV-C lamps that disinfects a space without using chemicals. Time savings and environmental advancement according to the president-founder of Bio-UV.
Antiviral coating
Innovations in antibacterial/antiviral coatings are multiplying, making the use of small objects much less restrictive and avoiding the use of disposable items.
MAP-1 coating: one spray for 90 days of effectiveness
Developed by the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, the MAP-1 coating helps fight bacteria and viruses.
It consists of millions of disinfectant nanocapsules, which activate and release disinfectant upon contact in response to heat.
to learn more: 20minutes article or futurascience
You will also find a large number of everyday objects treated with antibacterial/antiviral coatings (be careful with antibacterial alone, which has not proven effective against coronavirus!) as well as effective and affordable systems such as the use of antibacterial/antimicrobial adhesive.
Masks
And if, like us, you find it complicated to have a conversation while masked…
To avoid awkwardness when faced with a questionable joke, here is a mask that replicates mouth movements using LEDs…
https://www.instagram.com/p/CBEwyzHFwqp/?igshid=12bbjpxcfofh8
Combine the useful with… the essential?
We also found on Nicolas Olive‘s blog, strategic and creative designer: the Madge ©, a combination of a mask and a badge…
since you have to wear a mask anyway, why not go the ecological route and abandon our polluting plastic badges!
Sources:
https://welcomegate.fr/https://www.myeventnetwork.com/newsroom/news/welcome-gate-un-espace-nouveau-qui-participe-la-reassurance
https://rombit.be/le-bracelet-electronique-pour-endiguer-la-propagation-du-covid-19/https://www.ubudu.com/fr/un-assistant-de-distanciation-sociale-pour-aider-les-entreprises-a-securiser-le-lieu-de-travail-pendant-lepidemie-covid-19/
https://www.leparisien.fr/societe/un-scanner-uv-contre-le-covid-19-07-05-2020-8312376.php
https://www.20minutes.fr/high-tech/2771659-20200502-un-revetement-miracle-pourrait-proteger-du-coronavirus-pendant-90-jours
https://www.futura-sciences.com/sante/breves/medecine-coronavirus-desinfectant-protege-surfaces-pendant-3-mois-2482/
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