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As most of us have noticed over the past couple of years, face masks can sometimes be a hindrance – necessary though they are. An experimental new mask, though, automatically becomes easier to breathe through when maximum air filtration isn’t required…. Continue reading “Smart” mask auto-adjusts its breathability in response to conditions
The James Dyson Award is an international competition to recognize and encourage engineering students to get creative to solve some of the most pressing problems facing the world. The national finalists from 28 regions have been announced for 2021, ahe… Continue reading Braille eBooks and mask recyclers among James Dyson Award finalists
LG has updated its PuriCare Wearable Air Purifier mask by incorporating a microphone and speaker to make it easier to talk. The new device will appear first in Thailand in August with other parts of the world to follow.Continue ReadingCategory: Wearabl… Continue reading LG’s air purifying face mask now comes with built-in mic and speakers
It looks like something straight out of dystopian sci-fi, but then here we are. Biotlab has presented a neck-mounted wearable that provides you with a range of magnetic face shields, and a personal supply of HEPA-filtered, UV-sterilized air.Continue Re… Continue reading Bizarre sci-fi mask blasts purified air into your face all day
Scientists at Australia’s RMIT University are continually coming up with ways to work recovered waste items into high-performing road materials, including cigarette butts, discarded tires and building rubble. Their latest effort has a certain relevance… Continue reading Scientists engineer stronger road material using recycled face masks
Gaming brand Razer looks to the future of face masks with its CES 2021 announcement of Project Hazel, a reusable transparent mask with detachable filters, a built-in mic and amplifier, and Chroma RGB LED lights for those keen on embracing some cyberpun… Continue reading Razer embraces a cyberpunk aesthetic with smart mask concept
A new flow visualization study from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) starkly demonstrates why face masks with exhalation valves are not effective for slowing the spread of COVID-19.Continue ReadingCategory: Health & Wellbei… Continue reading New videos illustrate why valved masks will not slow COVID-19 spread
A new flow visualization study from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) starkly demonstrates why face masks with exhalation valves are not effective for slowing the spread of COVID-19.Continue ReadingCategory: Health & Wellbei… Continue reading New videos illustrate why valved masks will not slow COVID-19 spread
With people wearing masks so much of the time now, it can be difficult to tell what expression is on someone’s face. A new system can reportedly do so, though, utilizing cameras mounted on their headphones.Continue ReadingCategory: ScienceTags: Facial,… Continue reading C-Face tech “sees” people’s expressions, even through masks
Researchers at the University of Cambridge have leveraged recent advances in 3D printing to produce electronic fibers that could be used as sensors for health monitoring, all while being invisible to the naked eye. The fibers were demonstrated as porta… Continue reading Ultra-fine, 3D-printed fibers can monitor leakage from face masks