VsViralCash

UVC Sterilization of Bank Cards, Currency, ATM's & EMV readers via IoT

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Inspiration

World media discussing viability of UVC as means to stem Covid-19 transmission. Numerous collaborators between VersusVirus.ch, Helpful Engineering Slack Workspace, Arduino Covid-19 Discord, TogetherVsVirus.ca hackathon and iterations from previous 'Team-UV-C-LED-Cash-Register' concept {https://devpost.com/software/team-uv-c-led-cash-register}

What it does

Multiple design types made to encapsulate each place that we handle financial transactions to leverage UVC LED technology to sterilize Currency / Cards / ATM's / EMV readers

How I built it

Many collaborators, mentors & spectators iterating through ideas, discussing materials, Far-UVC /UVC spectrum's and their pro's and con's, coding in Arduino IDE, limited prototyping with available IoT parts

Challenges I ran into

Timezones, internet download speed with saturated networks, laptop's freezing, communications & pacing of time management, not immediately having every ideal piece of inventory to hand {parts, laser cutters etc}

Accomplishments that I'm proud of

In spite of all the challenges in terms of design, production, insufficent sleep, communication issues etc, we're realizing enough of the concepts to hopefully pass the condensed content on to the Hackathon in order to see these devices become a reality within the timeframe required to help stem Second Curve reinfections / reinfections, truly affecting dissemination prevention

What I learned

We're all in this together.

What's next for VsViralCash

Hopefully to collaborate with further mentors, designers, business developers to be able to produce something workable that can be introduced to the right movers & shakers to see these technologies combined and 'out in the wild' making a difference and carried on beyond our collective resources

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Updates

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  1. Relevance for Canadian ecosystem: Even though the participation in the Hackathon is not restricted to Canada, the implementation of highlighted projects needs to be planned nationally.

-Transmission of Covid-19 across ATM’s, Currency & EMV reader’s are a Global Problem.

The virus is capable of surviving on surfaces for up to four days depending on the material.

  1. Relevance of the solution in addressing the specific challenge: The solution is addressing the stated problem and is answering the proposed challenge

UVC Light has a germicidal effect by damaging the DNA & RNA of Covid-19, reducing it’s ability to reproduce {appendix}

  1. Potential for impact on the long term: Is this solution feasible? Is it scalable? Transferability potential (how will the solution be applied in practice?)

The application of UVC LED’s to eradicate Covid-19 has had it’s efficacy demonstrated around the world in Medical scenarios {appendix}

  1. Progress in last 48 hours: Projects in different stages of development have been submitted to the Hackathon, however highlights will be selected among those who made biggest progress during #TogetherVsVirus.

Device designs have been considered in each & every scenario where currency and bank cards are used in society: cash, cards, ATM’s & EMV readers. These applications can be produced at scale to tackle dissemination in a categorical and comprehensive manner

  1. Value added: We want to make sure that projects are inspired by collaborative spirit and adding value on each other.

Team members in Canada, Ireland, India, Switzerland & America have all come together to work through the various design issues of each of these applications. Many issues have been thoroughly discussed, designed and iterated to arrive at the team’s conclusions

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