Moroccan inventors and scientists have been actively involved in the national efforts to ease the impacts of COVID-19
Moroccan engineers and doctors have jointly invented an intelligent mask together with a tracking application called Trackorona that allows users to detect COVID-19 cases.
The group recently launched an initial version of the intelligent mask for automatic remote detection of the virus (MIDAD), which equally serves as a protective gear.
“MIDAD has a map and sensors to take temperature and humidity to measure the pressure of the respiratory cycle. It also measures the amount of oxygen in the blood,” the group said.
“The intelligent mask is connected via Bluetooth to the Trackorona app, which tracks users’ movements to determine their compliance with containment and social distancing,” it added.
Trackorona offers a “medically validated self-diagnosis form and innovative technology for detecting the symptoms of the disease by voice,” one of the MIDAD inventors, Mouhsine Lakhdissi said.
Lakhdissi said it took the team about one month to develop the intelligent mask and COVID-19 tracking app.
Moroccan inventors and scientists have been actively involved in the national efforts to ease the impacts of COVID-19.
Innovators Hamid El Mouden and Abdallah Ayache invented a life-saving ventilator and a cylindrical-shaped portal in which spinning tubes spray disinfectants on people.
Automatic ventilator
On Tuesday April 15, Moroccan start-up company, STM Loop in collaboration with researchers from the Faculty of Science and Technology in Tangier (FST Tangier), also announced a latest invention of an automatic ventilator to help doctors treat COVID-19 patients, according to Moroccan media.
The ventilator includes an intelligent program that determines the optimal level of air pressure and volume. It also gives doctors the ability to control the variables as necessary.