Monday, May 24, 2021
10:46 AM
The Sterilaser 405 (pat.pending) is a simple device that takes LED laser light and distributes it throughout a space in order to disinfect and deodorize it. See my YouTube video here, https://youtu.be/rSF2clOX4hA
The Sterilaser 405 uses near-UV light to disinfect air and surfaces by killing/disabling microorganisms. It deodorizes by altering molecules into some other less-smelly molecule.
There are two main versions of the device. In the simplest version, light is distributed along a static plane and that plane can be oriented at any angle. It is used in situations where, through excessive fear, you may not want the light beam to fall on human skin for extended periods. The thing to remember is that a static plane is easy to avoid whereas a moving plane is nearly impossible to avoid.
In a classroom, imagine a paper egg crate. You know the kind that is made from interlocking strips of cardboard that collapse together or expand to form the egg crate. Now imagine that egg crate in a classroom with each student's desk taking the place of an egg. Now, instead of cardboard, make those sections or partitions out of disinfecting planes. This would then be a means of quarantining the contagious student without taking him/her out of the classroom. The only drawback--if there is any--is that in a 5X6 grid of desks, you would need to use 9 devices to crisscross all aisles of the room.
Alternatively, one 3D model of a Sterilaser would suffice when placed in the back of the classroom so as not to impinge on students' eyes. The teacher would wear UV-absorbing glasses or a small shield could be placed by the device so that it does not beam at where the teacher might customarily stand. [all precautions I mention are made through an abundance of caution for the radiation--barring a direct and prolonged impingement on the cornea or retina--is far less damaging than Sunlight.]
Where people tend to congregate indoors in large numbers: bars, sports venues, churches, Sterilaser can either stop respiratory viruses in their tracks or, at the very least, diminish their spread.
In the wild, Sterilasers scan be placed at the entrance to or inside bat caves to stop viruses at their source.
Places that need to be kept cold like meatpackers can have the Sterilaser running 24/7. As I've written before, cold air is dense air and a virus like coronavirus floats readily therein.
Cruise ships can use the Sterilaser in common areas or one can be kept in every cabin.
Surgeons can use it during operations; and doctors' offices will never be as scary to visit.
Agriculture can use it to grow seedlings protected against mold and bacteria.
Biologists can use it to grow cells in culture.
People with mold problems can use it to sterilize moldy areas or at least use it to remove moldy smells. Also, smelly public bathrooms may be a thing of the past. City dumps will elicit fewer complaints about odors.
This Summer, I'll be testing its efficacy against tomato blight and peach leaf curl (both fungal problems).
Produce departments could use it to assuage losses d/t mold.
Subways and other forms of transportation can use it not only to disinfect but to deodorize.
Soldiers can use it to guard against biological weapons most of which are aerosolized.
