The background ... working on clear face masks and are crowdfunding on sites such as Indiegogo. Cliu, which is based in Italy, has made a face mask which has a transparent panel over the mouth ...

Medical professionals will get first access to the masks in early 2021, followed by dentists. Eventually, the transparent masks could be marketed to the general public, but it's still too early to ...

The current global pandemic has made face masks a must-have item ... apparent feature of the LEAF Mask is the fact it's transparent. This was a focus for the designers who wanted to develop ...

Masks are effective tools for reducing the spread of viral illnesses—especially during a season when infectious diseases are circulating at alarming rates—but it’s no secret that they ...

Since the spring, the government has encouraged companies to produce more transparent masks, and in some cases has subsidized some of the cost difference between making a regular mask and a ...

Wearing transparent masks increases comprehension of speech ... with Tangerino voicing several utterances against background noise without a mask, wearing a mask with a clear mouth panel, and ...

The use of transparent masks during communication increases comprehension ... with Tangerino voicing several utterances against background noise without a mask, wearing a mask with a clear mouth ...

A Swiss team has spent the past two years developing a transparent, breathable material that it hopes will replace traditional face masks. With the spread of the coronavirus, face masks have ...

Commercially available transparent face masks allow for the perception of facial expressions while suppressing the dispersion of respiratory droplets that spread the SARS-CoV-2, and thus have a ...

The results of their surveys are published in JAMA Network Open. “Transparent masks have the potential to address or overcome barriers of communication, especially within health care settings ...

Made from an organic biomass-based material, the transparent masks will be eco-friendly and biodegradable. Photo: (EPFL) The result of their combined efforts is the HelloMasks, which are made from ...

Then, we examined if transparent face masks were effective in restoring socio-communicative abilities, as they allow for visual transmission of facial cues. This paper is the first to report that ...