Mask Neighbor is a list of more than 400 designers and retailers selling masks, with their price and availability (available, pre-order, out of stock) for anyone looking to buy a mask.
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Lifeline Robotics' robot grabs the swab after the patient has scanned an ID card, then uses its vision system to identify the right points to swab in the patient’s throat. Once the swab is done, the robot places the sample in a jar and screws on the lid. The jar is then sent to a laboratory for analysis.
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With the SODAR tool, your phone will use augmented reality to map the space around you, superimposing a two-meter radius circle on the view from your camera, to help keep proper social distancing. It is available on a Chrome browser at goo.gle/sodar (but won’t work on iOS or older Android devices).
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At Bangkok's Central World, K9 patrols the ground floor with hand sanitiser strapped to his back, ready to provide it to any passing shopper. He is joined by LISA (Live Intelligent Service Assistant), a sleek white machine helping to direct people to the nearest bathroom and to remind them to wear their mandatory face masks. ROC (Robot For Care) uses a thermal scanner to take people's temperatures.
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Working with the company Optimus Ride, Brookfield will use self-driving vehicles to deliver boxes of nutritious food and groceries, One-Week Boxes, to families in need, expecting to feed thousands of people in the coming weeks.
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Adjustable to accommodate most head sizes, the Eco Staysafe Shield also has a two position forehead band to allow additional room for eyewear. The frame is made from solid biodegradable cardboard and the visor window is of an anti-mist treated recyclable polyester material.
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To help keep police safe from COVID, Ford has developed a software able to heat Police Interceptor Utility vehicles until the temperature inside reaches 133 degrees Fahrenheit (56 degrees Celsius) for 15 minutes. Ford believes this can reduce the viral concentration by over 99 percent on interior surfaces and materials.
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The Pensacola Blue Wahoos, the Double-A Southern League affiliate of the Minnesota Twins, placed the Blue Wahoos Stadium on Airbnb for $1,500 per night. The Stadium can accommodate up to 10 guests, that will have access to the Wahoos' newly-renovated clubhouse, a large bedroom, the batting cage and baseball field during their stay.
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Dishcraft Robotics has created a cleaning service that will drop off all the clean, reusable dishware and cutlery a restaurant could possibly need in the morning and pick up all the dirty dishes, cups and silverware that the diner uses throughout the day, enabling to save tons of plastic, non-compostable takeout containers, dishware and cutlery from ending up in landfills.
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The Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore (Duomo) will use social distancing necklaces for visitors. The EGOpro Active Tag, developed by the Florence-based company Advanced Microwave Engineering, uses radio technology to sense the measure between two tags: the device will flash, vibrate and softly beep when one visitor walks within two metres or 6.5 feet of another.
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Atria, the leading food company in Scandinavia, is donating BBQ grills to libraries (that usually rent out not only books but also sewing machines, board games or even sports equipment) so Finns can embrace their love of BBQing when lockdown ends. Atria wants to make the staycation time of all Finns as enjoyable as possible, while also promoting Finnish cuisine.
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The Living Room Cup, which started April 5, offers a new space to compete against Nike pro athletes through weekly fitness challenges. Special workouts to help provide a competitive advantage during each week’s challenge will be made available on the Nike Training Club app.
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Puzzle Break has created an online version of its traditionally in-person escape room, The Grimm Escape. Co-workers, family or friends can join a Zoom video call for a 90-minute game filled with team-building, problem-solving, and puzzles.
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The #QuarantineFightChallenge consists of one person punching the camera, which then makes a cut to the next person in the fight challenge chain getting ‘hit’ and fighting back with a counter-punch/kick, until a creative moment caps the whole thing off. Laika Studios came up with an inventive spin on the challenge that harnesses their strengths and promotes their activities.
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The president of Women Management, part of the Elite World Group, asked some of his best talent willing to stage photo shoots from home to do it and won interest from different brands like Zara or ASOS, now also asking locked-down models to shoot their own campaigns, with models having to cope with the camera skills of parents or nonprofessional roommates.
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Milliken has launched its latest flooring collections at VDF products fair, including 'Social Factor' carpet tiles that encourage physical distancing in the workplace. Social Factor features bold graphic tiles with arrows and footprints marking boundaries and directing traffic flow.
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Adidas introduces the Face Cover, a reusable face mask made from a recycled material for people to wear during and after the COVID crisis.The mask is available to purchase in Europe, North America and China, with part of the sale price being donated to Save The Children’s Global Coronavirus Response Fund.
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Before the show, Sleep & Eat Virtual will allow all registered attendees (architects, designers, developers, brand owners and investors) to introduce themselves via a dedicated online platform and to pre-arrange meetings at the event. The portal will re-open afterwards, enabling attendees and non-attendees to organise virtual matchmaking.
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La Presse has decided to host the magazine L'Itinéraire as long as the COVID crisis continues. Once a month starting in May, readers will be able to find the street newspaper in a tab of La Presse+ reserved for it. With this gesture, La Presse wishes to allow L'Itinéraire and its camelots to continue their activities, despite the precariousness of their situation due to a major decrease of sales during COVID.
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