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Dubai, United Arab Emirates: From autonomous machines, to disinfectant drones and developing apparatus that will facilitate the world’s fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, Dubai has been at the forefront of the global fight thanks to the city’s innovation led response in medicine, mobile technology and sanitisation.
Europe’s leading international news channel, Euronews, spoke to scientists at Dubai's Future Foundation about the life saving ventilator technology they are developing, as well as Advanced Media who are responsible for the UAE’s drone disinfection programme, and Home-Grown UAE company Guard Sanitisation Gate about the smart turnstile technology they have developed.
Speaking to Euronews, Khalifa Al Qama, Head of Dubai future Labs, Dubai Future Foundation said: “In February/March, the whole world had less than one hundred thousand ventilators, and it was clear that we needed to see how we could help. (…) We are aiming to ensure that we produce a ventilator that could be accessible and that has all the features of a fully-fledged ventilator. That means, it will give the doctor the control that they need when it comes to the volume of air that goes into the patient, or the pressure that the patients need. A toddler would need very different pressure from an adult and the amount of oxygen that they receive from these ventilators.” (sic)
He added: Right now, we are at the prototyping phase and have around four that we are testing currently internally. But in the future, we're looking at producing them in the hundreds.” (sic)
Speaking to home-grown UAE company Guard Sanitisation Gate who have developed a smart turnstile that can instantly take temperatures and envelope passers-by in a disinfected fog about the new normal when it comes to people being allowed back in public spaces, the company's co-founder Husam Zammar said: “In the next two or three months you will find out that if they didn't check your temperature, there is some problem in this building or that is some problem in this organisation.” (sic)
The full interviews available to watch on Euronews and Euronews.com, click HERE to watch it now.
Euronews is Europe's leading international news channel, currently delivering 24/7 news to almost 400 million TV households in 160 countries. Euronews reaches 150million people every month and is available in 12 distinct language editions and has a strong presence on digital platforms.
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Euronews is Europe’s leading international news channel e. Its mission is to empower people to form their own opinion. Euronews is unapologetically impartial and seeks to offer a diversity of viewpoints: Euronews is “All Views”.
Since its launch in 1993 in Lyon (France), Euronews has been delivering impartial news trusted by audiences across the world, available in almost 400 million homes across 160 countries, including 67% of homes in the European Union + the UK. It reaches 150 million people every month.
In 2017, Euronews renewed its offer by launching 12 distinct language editions, with a “glocal” approach to news: Euronews continues to grow as a global media offering content adapted to the expectations of local audiences. Aside from round-the-clock news coverage, Euronews has dedicated shows covering topics like science, climate, business, current affairs and culture, both on television and on its digital platforms. Its English language edition offers 17 hours of anchored news shows, every weekday.
With a team of 500 journalists of more than 30 different nationalities, Euronews' 12 editions cover European and world news 24/7 in Arabic, English, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Persian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish and Turkish. With its headquarters in Lyon, Euronews also has bureaus in Brussels, Athens and Budapest, correspondents across Europe, as well as commercial offices in London, Paris, Berlin, the United Arab Emirates and Singapore. In 2018 and 2019, it launched three franchise projects: Euronews Albania, Euronews Georgia and Euronews Serbia.
In 2016, Euronews group launched its sister channel Africanews, the first pan-African multilingual and independent news outlet.
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