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Covid-19: Meeting the challenges through Engineering

Jeremy D Watson
I was president of the IET for 2016-17, and have been asked by government to gather practical and innovative ideas from our Engineering communities. So, please enter any ideas you might have in this thread that might help address and mitigate the Covid-19 crisis. Ideas might include digital tracking / monitoring through therapy equipment and beyond. Even ideas outside your usual expertise domain will be welcome. Now’s the time for Engineering to show we can change the world!
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    Hello Barry.  I immediately think of this Dyson dryer and tap visible already in airports.  It's not cheap but for timing and sequencing functionality plus a display, it might be a  place to start re a conversation? 
    Dyson Airblade Tap puts 420mph hand-drying technology ...
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    Thanks Ian - I'll pass to Nachi to investigate.  I'd have gone along (to an airport) to investigate myself but currently not allowed!


    The video of them in use shows tha tthe end to end solution is not there, namely no timer with the auto soap dispenser etc as set out in the proposed "requirement" to force people to wash thoroughy for the recommended time.
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    I am fairly new to the IET, and volunteering in Design Engineering as a Project Lead re Face Protection for ENG4Healthcare aka 'ENG4'

    Headline - "A Not-For-Profit collaboration of professionals and volunteers supporting health and wellbeing in times of need"

    Website is; http://eng4.org.uk/ We are in the process of obtaining Charity status.

    We meet typically every week online for the progression of current and pipeline projects.

    For the project I lead, the plan is to create one or more products for solving issues relating to Face protection for people in UK of 18-90 years old.

    We are currently starting the Market Research, and User Research is being planned to start in the next few weeks if not sooner.

    There is also a separate survey for Healthcare professionals on face protection on the ENG4 website - http://eng4.org.uk/face-protection

    We are also seeking to raise funds to support all of our projects - https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/eng4nhs

    If you would like any more details feel free to contact me on e.g. IET forums, LinkedIn. Thank you

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