Thinking about how to protect people with vision or hearing disabilities from the coronavirus, inventors from the National University of Engineering (UNI) have designed a preventive bracelet that vibrates and sounds when someone gets too close, detects fever, and also avoids the approach of the hand to the face.
This innovative project, led by UNI architect, Walter Héctor Gonzales Arnao, was the winner of Indecopi’s “Patents vs. Covid-19” contest that aims to support Peruvian inventors who want to patent an invention that fights the new coronavirus, reported Andean Agency.
Walter Gonzales explains that this preventive bracelet has an electronic device that has sound, vibration, and light alarm sensors that alert people who have a vision or hearing disability, which reduces the chances of possible contagion.
“It is a wearable watch device that sounds and vibrates like a cell phone. When there is a close-up of the hand to the face when someone does not respect social distancing, the watch detects if a person has a higher temperature than 37 degrees celsius”, says Juan Luis Palacios Rojas, UNI’s Research professor.
Also, electronic boards are inexpensive and easily accessible. Although it is mainly designed for people with visual or hearing disabilities, it can also be used by older adults and children.
