Peter Nguyen, a research scientist at the Vice Institute and co-author of the study, said the team now wants to fit the entire lab into one face mask. What will be the cost of the mask and from where it can be bought, it is not known at the moment.
Face Mask Covid 19 Test Result
COVID-19 has put a halt to the pace of the world. While vaccination campaigns have gained momentum in many countries, there is still a risk of third wave in some countries including India. A team of researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the Vice Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University has developed a wearable biosensor technology that can help face masks detect COVID-19 in your breath.
These wearable biosensors are installed in standard KN95 face masks to detect whether the virus was present in a person’s breath. The researchers said that you can activate the sensor with a single button and the readout strip gives the result within 90 minutes. Not only this, the level of accuracy is the same as that of the standard PCR COVID test.
Engineers have designed a face mask that can diagnose the wearer with Covid-19 within about 90 minutes. The masks are embedded with tiny, disposable sensors that could also be incorporated into clothing or adapted to detect other viruses. https://t.co/KQnRh6in5h pic.twitter.com/UuAahUeTr4
– Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) (@MIT) June 29, 2021
Now the whole lab is in your face mask
Peter Nguyen, a research scientist at the Vice Institute and co-author of the study, said the team now wants to fit the entire lab into one face mask. The synthetic biology based sensors in it can be used with any face mask. In such a situation, you can also save money on expensive tests with this. “In addition to face masks, our programmable biosensors can also be fitted with other clothing to detect hazardous substances, including viruses, bacteria, toxins and chemical agents,” Nguyen said in a statement.
Let us tell you that this face mask can also be used by those people who work in a chemical factory, or in a gas plant or dangerous labs. In such a situation, there is a danger of anyone going directly into the nose and mouth of these substances. In such a situation, these masks are also effective in those places where they can save your life. Researchers said the team is now looking for manufacturing partners who can produce these masks in large numbers so that they can be made available during the pandemic.
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