The detector can sense as a few as seven to 35 coronavirus particles per liter of air — about as sensitive as a PCR test but much quicker.
The detector can sense as a few as seven to 35 coronavirus particles per liter of air — about as sensitive as a PCR test but much quicker.
These will never get deployed because the cost of COVID is a shared cost between too many parties and none of them will benefit from, and therefore buy, these devices.
We need strict air quality regulations to make developments like these plausible for real world use.
I imagine it’s worth it in healthcare contexts, but depending on cost it might be worth it for businesses too. If you run the risk of severe disruptions to critical services, the argument for installing these in your building isn’t hard to make.