Future Classrooms To Have Desks With Mask And Fresh Oxygen For Each Student
Researchers have developed systems in classrooms which could supply kids with fresh, sterilised oxygen at all times right on their desk.
It's been almost a year since we¡¯ve been locked into our homes due to the novel coronavirus.
Even though some parts of the cities have unlocked and some people have started to go to their offices for work, there are some who still stay indoors -- kids for example, who continue to learn from home, while the novel coronavirus is still on the loose.
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However, some nations have brought kids back to school with preventive measures like desks with face shields, regular temperature checks among several others. However, now, researchers have developed systems in classrooms which could supply kids with fresh, sterilised oxygen at all times right on their desk.
The mask is connected to two pipes -- one that sends clean air into the mask and one that eliminates exhaled air. The air then travels through a specially designed ultraviolet light which destroys potential contaminants. Since the air that¡¯s exhaled is split separately, it ensures that there is no mixing of breath between the kids, which in turn reduces the likelihood of catching the virus from another person.
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Professor Antonio Marcilla at the Spanish university, explains that with air streams being separated all the time, it prevents the mixing while having constant access to sterile air. With these masks in place, the need for social distancing between individuals is completely eradicated.
Researchers feel that such a setup isn¡¯t limited to just a classroom, but also cinema halls or theatres and these venues could allow 100 percent capacity with the contraptions in place and everyone religiously masking up at all times.
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Of course, setting up such a setup means incurring some hefty costs for establishment owners. However, researchers reveal that this setup can be built upon existing air conditioning systems with minimal tweaking.
It obviously goes without saying that this is still at a very nascent stage. The researchers haven¡¯t clarified how the system would work for people entering the premises and precautions such as cleaning the mask or handing it appropriately.
