From tracking apps to portable ventilators, institutes are coming up with grassroots solutions If social distancing rules are troublesome for someone to follow, a device called Kawach can help.

A square-shaped pendant, it is meant to be worn around the neck and glows whenever someone comes within one metre of the wearer.

It can also send reminders to the wearer about regularly washing hands and also monitor body temperature. Kawach is the brainchild of Prabin Kumar Das, a B.Tech student, and a group of professors at the Lovely Professional University (LPU) in Punjab.

The device comprises an inbuilt vibrator, LED lights and body temperature sensor and more. It beeps every 30 minutes to remind the wearer to wash hands and sends SMSs in case

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