As India tries to gradually come out of lockdown and resume the new-normal, Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has developed a sanitizer to sanitize currency notes, that can be the potential carriers of Coronavirus. DRDO’s machine can even sanitize mobile phones and laptops. Here is how.
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What is DRUVS? To tackle the issue of sanitizing objects in the post-COVID era, DRDO’s Research Centre Imarat (RCI) department has developed the Defence Research Ultraviolet Sanitizer (DRUVS). This device sanitizes objects placed in the cabinet by projecting UVC rays from 360-degrees. Proximity sensor switches that open and close the machine’s drawer makes its operation automatic and contactless.
DRDO lab develops automated UV systems to sanitise electronic gadgets, papers and currency notes https://t.co/2c3o1aSNEX #COVID19#SayNo2Panic#SayYes2Precautions#MoDAgainstCorona#StayHomeIndia#IndiaFightsCorona pic.twitter.com/uY4haen1oN — ADG (M&C) DPR (@SpokespersonMoD) May 10, 2020
Mobile phones, iPads, laptops, currency notes, challans, papers, passbooks, etc. can be sanitized using this machine. The machine is available in three variants and the retail price of the topmost variant is expected to be around ₹55,000. DRDO is working on reducing the price of the machine so that is affordable to the common man.
Dirty to Clean, Just Not Black to White Currency notes are assumed to be a potential virus carrier. India being a cash-rich economy, must take into account this issue before gradually lifting the lockdown. DRDO’s RCI developed a specialized machine to sanitize bundles of currency notes. It is called NOTESCLEAN.
He and his colleague, Sourav Kumar designed the UVC sanitisation unit in only 15 days and after validation tests of killing different bacteria, two such units have been given to Virology lab in Hyderabad. Gopinath, Senior Scientist, RCI (DRDO)
The Indian government is also encouraging people to use digital payment on a daily basis. During the ongoing lockdown, there is a spike in digital transactions in the country as well.
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The DRDO was established in 1958 by amalgamating the Defence Science Organisation and some of the technical development establishments. With a network of 52 laboratories, which are engaged in developing defence technologies covering various fields, like aeronautics, armaments, electronics, land combat engineering, life sciences, materials, missiles, and naval systems, DRDO is India’s largest and most diverse research organization.
Yuegang Zuo of the University of Massachusetts in Dartmouth, conducted a study in 2009 according to which 85-95% of U.S. bills were found to be tainted with cocaine. Nearly nine out of ten bills circulating in the U.S. and its northern neighbor are tainted with cocaine.
A survey by Deloitte states that people check their phones about 47 times per day. A recent study found more than 17,000 bacterial gene copies on the phones of high school students. Scientists at the University of Arizona have found that cell phones carry 10 times more bacteria than most toilet seats.
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