Ford has created two new tools to help fight COVID. Since the beginning of the pandemic, the automaker has manufactured masks, face shields, ventilators and respirators and now they’ve designed a new clear N95 mask to help the hearing-impaired and a low-cost room filtration system.
The reusable face mask allows people to see facial expressions and read lips, which will help hearing-imparied people communicate more easily. Ford will continue testing the masks this winter and if all goes well, production will begin in the spring.
The air filtration system uses a regular household box fan that goes horizontally on a cardboard stand with a filter across it. It draws air down through it and can change the air in a 960-square-foot room approximately 4.5 times an hour to reduce the possibility of virus particles concentrating in a space. And even better? Ford plans to donate 20-thousand of these kits before making the open source design freely available.
Source: https://www.foxnews.com/auto/ford-clear-n95-mask
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