A Defence Research Development Organisation (DRDO) lab in Hyderabad developed a device – Defence Research Ultraviolet Sanitiser (DRUVS) which disinfects your smartphone and other devices.
“RCI, DRDO, Hyderabad has developed an Automated contactless UVC Sanitization Cabinet ”DRUVS” to sanitize Mobile phones, iPads, Laptops, Currency Notes, Cheque leaves, Challans, Passbooks, Paper, Envelopes. It has also developed an Automated UVC Currency Sanitizing Device, ”NOTESCLEAN”,” PRO, Hyderabad, Ministry of Defence tweeted.
The device was developed at lab – Research Centre Imarat (RCI), Hyderabad. The DRUVS provides 360 degree exposure of UVC to the objects placed inside the cabinet. Once the sanitisation is done, the system goes in sleep mode, hence the operator need not wait or stand near the device, said a statement.
Bundles of currency notes can be sanitised using DRUVS, however disinfection of each currency note using it, will be a time-consuming process. For that purpose, a sanitising technique has been developed, where one has to just place the loose currency notes at the input slot of the device. It picks the notes one by one and makes them pass through a series of UVC lamps for complete disinfection, it said.
