ASU team wins international competition with anti-fog coronavirus mask design
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A woman s eyeglasses are fogged up as she wears a face mask during a snowfall in Beijing, Sunday, Feb. 2, 2020. The World Health Organization warned that other countries need to prepare in the event the disease spreads among their populations as more nations report local infections. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
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TEMPE, AZ â A student team from Arizona State University beat out innovators from more than 70 countries to win a portion of a million-dollar prize for designing an anti-fog face mask.
The XPRIZE Next-Gen Mask Challenge gathered nearly 1,000 entries from young people working to create more comfortable, functional and affordable masks during the coronavirus pandemic.