New Delhi (NVI): IIT Kanpur has developed an Ultraviolet Light (UV) based device that can disinfect rooms in hotels, hospital and mall space in 15 minutes.
IIT-K has developed the Ultraviolet (UV) sanitising product named ‘Shudh’ that can be operated by a smartphone. The Ultraviolet Disinfection Helper has six UV lights of 15 watts each that can be individually monitored from a distance.
The device has been prepared jointly by J Ramkumar, Amandeep Singh. It can be run with bluetooth technology and can be rotated upto 360 degrees.
The device is adjustable and its lights can be used according to the room. For instance, if the room is large, then more lights can be used. IIT-Kanpur has claimed that ‘Shudh’ can disinfect a room in 15 minutes and can also be used to prevent infection in hospitals, hotels, malls, offices and schools.
The device is easy to operate and one can remotely control it by installing an android application, according to one of the engineers.
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