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To help Singapore in its fight against Covid-19, the Government Technology Agency (GovTech) designed an improved contactless temperature scanner far cheaper than the original version.
It then mass produced 340 machines in about two weeks so that they could be rolled out to eldercare facilities.
These facilities needed to conduct temperature taking as a precautionary measure, especially as the country reopened .
Mr Steven Teo, GovTech’s assistant director of sensors and Internet of Things, told The New Paper it had received feedback that the original model, which was produced in March, was bulky and difficult to transport.
The Agency for Integrated Care had also approached GovTech to improve the design and make the scanner cheaper.
Mr Teo said: “We had to brainstorm for about a week on how to improve the design, followed by two weeks of tearing apart the thermometer and then reverse engineering it.”
For example, the team figured out a way to switch the temperature display to the front of the scanner and managed to do away with components such as the video camera.
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