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To prevent doctors attending to corona victims from infection, I propose an autonomous ground robot that can be given instructions remotely through a mobile application to perform treatment. The bot would perform tasks like giving food and medicines, cleaning, monitoring of biomedical equipment and trigger notifications to medical staff in case of an emergency. The data from various biomedical equipment would be stored on the cloud and can be used for drug discovery or better treatment.

Doctors would have the option to instruct the bot wirelessly through WiFi or in hospitals where that is not available through mobile internet. The bot would also have a camera for the doctor to check the patients' condition and various medical modules can be mounted on the bot to do complex tasks like controlling biomedical equipment, collecting blood samples and injections.

The application would make managing many patients easy and help in taking life-saving decisions remotely if a doctor isn't available on the spot. If the doctor responsible for treating a patient cannot act upon being notified by the bot, it would quickly connect to the vast network of competent doctors enrolled on the platform(much like Ola/Uber) to take over, thus saving many unnecassirily lost lives.

For the bot to traverse, the hospital floor would be marked with black lines which the bot would follow to reach the desired patient.

The patient beds would be equipped with WiFi and cellular modules to send data directly to the application and hence, the doctors.

The product addresses all the key problems in hospitals today. Doctors are much safer, less number of doctors are required, patient management is better and many life-saving decisions can be taken remotely.

The cost of making a bot is less than Rs.8000(~130$) and the modules attached to the bed cost a mere Rs.400(<7$). Very cheap indeed.  I cannot emphasise more on how many doctors this product will save.

The only problem is that I had to return home from college in a hurry and for some reason I left all my equipment in my room. I just have an Azure Sphere board with me now. Let's see what I can do.

Thank you for reading.

I will keep you updated on the developements.

There is an idea to assemble a dispenser that will be mounted on your hands. 1) A mechanical one which, when pressed, will give out a portion of an antiseptic. 2) Non-contact on the Arduino with a gyroscope, which with a certain movement of the hand will give out a portion of the antiseptic.

Oh man - Thats a cool idea.

You could really have some fun with that project.

A limit switch on the soap or soap squirter could remind them to use soap ----- or incorporate an automatic soap dispenser into the project.

A smellivision would be funny too. 

My son and I are going to make a hand washing reminder. It will be set up in the washroom and remind you to wash your hands. It will time you for the 20 second minimum and make sure you shut the water off. There may be extras added to make this more fun.

Dale Winhold

Gary,

Perhaps they thought you were from Star Wars!

Dubbie

Needed to go out and about to pick up supplies.

Seriously followed recommended pandemic guidelines, I wore a mask and even a face shield, with some lights in case someone didnt realize I was there. .

I was amazed how well everyone practiced their social distancing.

Everyone was at least 10 feet from me, and did what they could to stay clear.

Everybody knows that one of the most efficient and simple ways to fight germs is to wash your hands. But how many of us do it the right way? Are you sure that you always wash your hands for at least 30 seconds? How do you measure these 30 seconds?

My idea for the project is a pretty simple one. Smart timer will notify a person once hands where washed long enough. And if hands where not washed long enough it will raise an alert.

Here is the list of key components for this project:

• proximity detector (ultrasound?) and/or mic to detect open/close water
• MCU (Arduino?)
• speaker
• battery

It needs to be easy to install and easy to maintain. As result energy consumption should be low, The use of energy harvesting (solar, running water) can make it more complex.

I think it can be especially useful in grocery shops, health facilities.

Feedback is welcomed warmly.

Excellent point. There's nothing wrong with most tap water. The water here in Virginia is heavily protected and of good quality. Unfortunately I have severe acid reflux most of the time and purified water seems to be a bit easier to digest. Not sure if the addition of flouride is what triggers a reaction. I would normally just run the tap water through a filter but I can't find a water filter anywhere. I'm seriously considering going outside to burn some wood for charcoal and make my own water filter.

As of lately, most of the containers of water that I've purchased have been reused by refilling with tap water in case any water restrictions are enforced.

Not sure if the gallon jug  would  fit on the average adult head with only the bottom removed. It would definitely be an interesting sight.

I have noticed that fogging is a slight issue.

Maybe something like RainX would decrease. I have previously (many years ago) used on my old hockey visor with great success

Trent,

I was thinking of your design standing in the queue at eh supermarket (spaced at two metre distances) as I was standing next to the gallon water containers. I never buy water in containers, seems like a lot of money for something that comes out of the tap that I have already paid a water company to clean, so I hadn't seen these containers before. It seemed that your idea of cutting out a panel was a good one. Or, if you want 360 degree protection, you could just cut the bottom off and stick your head inside, assuming a head does actually fir inside. Probably get a bit steamed up though.

Dubbie

Of course someone came up with this idea before me lol (sigh). I just looked at the empty container and saw a face shield. Thankfully there's no need for a 3D printed head band in this design. Just drink a gallon of water, cut out face shield from container,add elastic band, and apply to face. I could probably make 10 of these before the 1st 3D print is complete. This simple hack is really meant for those that don't have access to technologies such as 3D printers.