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“The $1M Next-Gen Mask Challenge aims to reimagine protective face masks used to prevent the spread of COVID-19 by making them more comfortable, functional, accessible, and even stylish.”
“900 teams globally participated and Novus is the only team from India to have qualified in the top 25. The challenge is still ongoing and we will soon be paired with manufacturing partners such as 3M, Honeywell, and Lydall. Further, details of the next round can be found at https://bit.ly/2GfOAHn. The top 25 qualified teams are:”
Team Name
Country
6Minds
Australia
PROTechThor
Cameroon
Molecure
Canada
MD Covid Care
Colombia
Novus
India
With All Passion
Indonesia
RoboActive 2096
Israel
Boundary
Italy
Naija Force
Nigeria
Res-Q
Russia
Aspir8
United Kingdom
Innovation Design
United States
JustAir
United States
Lone Ranger
United States
Luminosity Lab
United States
MaskX
United States
Merlin!
United States
Organic Intelligence
United States
Polair
United States
R&N
United States
Rolling Robots
United States
TEAM idMASK
United States
The Sages
United States
Vitruvians
United States
XGraphene
United States
“The list of Top 25 qualified teams can also be found at https://xprize.org/challenge/nextgenmask/competing-teams
Novus is a team of three Indian students with divergent academic background. All three of us were associated through a common school campus of SVKM and CNM in Vile Parle, Mumbai. When XPRIZE’s Next-Gen Mask Challenge presented itself as an opportunity, we formed Novus to design a versatile mask amid the current COVID-19 Pandemic.
Team Members ”
“About our Mask
Novus has developed a multi-purpose transparent face mask with the intent of arming the general public with a next-gen product, which allows them to perform several ordinary actions with medical caution in these extraordinary circumstances. We have successfully incorporated various materials and mechanisms to resolve the heterogeneous limitations attached to mask-wearing.
We, at Novus, are young innovators who are proud to have placed India on an international pedestal by representing not only our country’s youth but also the Innovation Sector. This is not the end for us, as we aim to win this competition and utilise our mental capabilities & resources at-hand to fix the challenges we face globally, in the near future. We further want to inspire India’s youth to share our global vision and facilitate national growth to finally make an “Atmanirbhar Bharat”.
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