30) Lyfas App

Question 1

What is Lyfas app ?

Answer 1

It is an android application in which, when any person keeps the index finger on the rear camera of a mobile phone for 5mins, it captures the capillary pulse and blood volume change – It is basically a COVID risk assessment profile

Question 2

WOWW.. Who is developing this ?

Answer 2

Acculi labs – A Bangalore based startup has been selected by CAWACH

Question 3

So what is the technology focused on ?

Answer 3

1) Population screening
2) Monitoring of quarantined individuals
3) Surveillance at community level

Question 4

What is CAWACH ?

Answer 4

Centre for Augmenting WAR with COVID19 Health crisis – Initiative of National Science and Technology Entrepreneurship Development Board (NSTEDB), Dept of Science and Tech

Question 5

Who is the implementing body of CAWACH ?

Answer 5

SINE, IIT Bombay (Society for Innovation and Entrepreneurship)