27-04-21 Daily-Kerala-KPSC Current Affairs

VST Mobility Solution, a startup backed byKerala Startup Mission(KSUM) has come up withBIN-19, a medical device that enables the collection of used facemasks.

BIN-19 has been successfully installed in all the District Administration offices of the state with the support ofCSRfunds. Recently, the company received orders from a European mask manufacturer for deploying the mask disinfection device in hospitals.

The Kochi-based startup had in June last year developed BIN-19 using IoT (Internet of things), using knowhow from the Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute of Medical Science Technology at Thiruvananthapuram. Amid a fresh spread of the pandemic, BIN-19 is playing a vital role in handling the disposal of used facemasks.