Scientists Create Face Mask That Glows After Contact With Covid-19 Particles

Japan's tech supremacy just won't let up! Scientists from Japan have now invented masks that glow when exposed to Covid-19 traces.

The game-changing tech was developed by researchers at the Kyoto Prefectural University in Japan. Every team the mask comes in contact with traces of Covid-19, it becomes fluorescent.

glow-in-the-dark masks - Kyoto Prefectural University

The mask has two very special ingredients - antibodies from ostrich eggs and fluorescent dye. An innovative detection system was created by Yasuhiro Tsukamoto's team. If all goes well and government approval is granted, these Covid-detecting fluorescent masks could be available in the market by 2022.

Why Ostrich eggs?

Ostriches are gifted birds, for they can create antibodies that are capable of killing foreign entities in their body.

Equipped with a special filter which can be taken out of the mask, scientists have devised a spray containing a fluorescent dye with Covid-19 antibodies sourced from Ostrich eggs.?

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Under a UV light, the mask will begin to glow if it has come in contact with Covid-19.

GLow in the dark masks / Tokyo Prefectural University

Scientists hope that the mask could serve as an early warning system for people to check if they've come in contact with Covid-19. If the mask glows, these people could seek early treatment, minimising their own risk of serious illness and preventing further clusters from being created.

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Yasuhiro Tsukamoto is hopeful of making more groundbreaking tech using Ostrich eggs, which according to Tsukamoto can be sourced easily. In addition, Yasuhiro Tsukamoto wants to use a similar mechanism to develop easy and efficient methods to create self-testing kits for Covid-19.

GLow in the dark masks / Tokyo Prefectural University

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Citation

myrto katsikopoulou I designboom. (2021, December 9). japanese scientists invent masks that glow when exposed to traces of coronavirus. Designboom | Architecture & Design Magazine.?