Covid update: 11 February 2021
11 Feb 2021
A round up of this week s coronavirus-related news and countermeasures from the photonics industry.
The robot coughs out a precise, repeatable cloud of droplets and aerosols. Research into the spread of coronavirus has been joined by a robot that, unlike a person, can cough out a precisely specified and repeatable consistency of droplets and aerosols. The coughing robot helps determine the effect of masks and various air purifiers on the spread of droplets and aerosols. Measurements made with the robot are also used to verify the accuracy of computer simulations.
Since autumn 2020, a joint project by Finland-based research agency VTT, Tampere University and THL (the Finnish Institute for Health & Welfare) has studied the mechanisms of the droplet and aerosol transmission of Covid-19 and the methods for reducing the risk of transmission.