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Mother of invention: the new gadgets dreamt up to fight coronavirus
Left: Entrepreneurs Matthew Toles and Joseph Toles, co-founders of the company Slightly Robot, show smartbands, the Immutouch, which buzz when the wearer's hand goes near their face, to prevent spreading the coronavirus disease in Seattle, US on March 31, 2020. PHOTO | IMMUTOUCH | REUTERS
Right: DDB's Inventor Director Steve Brooks displays hooks in Maxon House, Berkshire, Britain on March 25, 2020. PHOTO | DDB | REUTERS
Driving to work at his factory to the west of London last week, designer Steve Brooks had coronavirus on his mind. What could he make that would let him open a door without touching the handle?
“Everyone has to use their little finger or find the bit of the door that nobody’s touched,” said the designer and owner at DDB Ltd, a company which makes office furniture. So he produced a hook to do the job.
