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Features
From mid-April to late-June 2020, the operation teams had carried out the disinfection service 1,032 times, and the response has been very positive and encouraging.
As a liberal arts university, Lingnan may not be thought of as a pioneer in technology, but technology is not the protagonist in this project. Rather, it is a means to serve local communities. It plays the role of “humanitarian technology” - a concept advocated by LEI, which aims at nurturing entrepreneurs in a liberal arts context.
More information on the project: https://www.ln.edu.hk/lei/events/project-ultra-violite
Behind the story
Over a brainstorming phone call with a work partner on a trip to the UK, Dr Ko suggested using ultraviolet light to disinfect partitioned homes. It was a eureka moment. The duo then quickly formed a team of six. On his flight back home, the award-winning mechanical engineer drew up a design; and the team then worked intensively on the prototype. In merely nine days, an ingenious gadget, which takes the form of a UV-C lamp, was born. To date, it has helped hundreds of households disinfect their partitioned cubicles. Staying true to the notion of humanitarian technology, the team has joined the Open COVID19 Pledge and made its design available for free in fighting the pandemic, at https://www.ln.edu.hk/lei/maker/open-source-projects.
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