USF rapid response research program is working to find ways to sterilize mask so they can be reused.
They are also looking at contact tracing apps.
USF researches find ways to sterilize mask
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THESE NUMBERS DO NOT INCLUDEYESTERDAY’S CASES, THOSE WILL BEUPDATED LATER TODAY.RIGHT NOW ... U-S-F RESEARCHERSARE MOVING QUICKLY TO HELP FIGHTTHE CORONAVIRUS AND PREPARE FORPOSSIBLE FUTURE PANDEMICS.TAKE A LOOK... ONE PROJECT ISCREATING TOOLS... TO RAPIDLYSTERILIZE AND RE-CHARGE SURGICAND N-95 MASKS... SO THEY CANRE-USED!ONE PROTO-TYPE IS A BOX... THATCAN STERILIZE WITHIN MINUTES!AND THE OTHER IS A HAND-HEDEVICE... YOU CAN USE... TO SCANA MASK!
RESEARCHERS HAVE ALREADYFILED A "PATENT APPLICATION."Ying Zhong // Assistantprofessor Mechanicalengineering, USF "This kind ofsame technology we are expectingit to use sterilization not onlymasks different kind ofsurfaces.
Just imagine after thepandemic."IT’S ONE OF 14 PROJECTS TO GETINITIAL FUNDING THROUGH U-S-F’"COVID-19 RAPID THROUGH U-S-F’SINITIAL FUNDING PROJECTS TO GETINITIAL FUNDING THROUGH U-S-F’S"COVID-19 RAPID RESPONSERESEARCH GRANT PROGRAM."IT INCLUDES TECHNOLOGY...TREATMENT... AND "SOCIALMITIGATION STRATEGIES."ANOTHER PROJECT THAT GOTFUNDING?"RESEARCH CONTACT TRACINGAPPSTHAT’S LOOKING AT THE EXCHANGEOF INFORMATION... THROUGH "BLUE-TOOTH SIGNALS."Jean-Francois Biasse //Assistant professor ofmathematics, USF "There’s twomain angles.
One of them is theprivacy issues.
There’s a lot ofconcerns about the kind ofpotential lack of privacy thatthose apps could have and alsoinvestigating secure designs fthose kinds of apps so that’sone major angle.