Finland turns billboards into disinfection stations for mobile phones

Finland turns billboards into disinfection stations for mobile phones

Hand sanitization has perhaps become a common routine by now, but there is still one thing left that we tend to forget: to sanitize the devices we touch practically all the time, that is, our mobile phones. In Finland, they proposed a solution accessible for all citizens.

Finnish health company Terveystalo equips billboards located in the streets and shopping centers with devices disinfecting mobile phones, accessible to everyone. The device uses UVC lights to destroy pathogens on smartphone surfaces in only 10 seconds.

Source: urdesignmag

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