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This photograph taken on September 16, 2020 shows Professor Chen Xiaodon from the School of Materials Science and Engineering at the Nanyang Technological University talking to an AFP reporter regarding the development of a face mask that can monitor vital health information. - From monitoring vital signs, to filtering filthy air and even translating speech into myriad languages -- the coronavirus-fuelled boom in mask-wearing has spawned an unusual range of high-tech face coverings. (Photo by Roslan RAHMAN / AFP) / TO GO WITH Singapore-Japan-SKorea-health-virus-technology-mask, FOCUS by Catherine Lai and Harumi Ozawa

Translation tools, air purifiers: Face masks go high-tech
People with protective mask walk on a pedestrian street in Lyon on August 22, 2020 on the first day of mandatory mask wearing in parts of city centre. - Masks are obligatory to curb the spread of COVID-19 disease caused by the novel coronavirus in France in open areas of some cities as well as on public transport and in enclosed spaces such as shops, banks and government offices. (Photo by PHILIPPE DESMAZES / AFP)

Costly, but transparent masks are boon for the deaf, hard of hearing
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Local engineer makes ear savers for medical staff, frontliners
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Masks for Kuwaitis in 'Tamween'
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Engineers produce face shields, masks for frontliners
Syrian refugee Hekmat Shikho prepare a distribution of protective masks on April 16, 2020 in Lavardac, southwestern France, where he and his family found asylum after fleeing the war in Syria. - The Shikho family makes protective masks for the city's inhabitants amid the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19). (Photo by MEHDI FEDOUACH / AFP)

Masks help Syrian family integrate in French village
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Kuwait receives more facemask producing machines
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Could homemade masks help stop infected people spreading virus?
Palestinian workers manufacture protective coverall suits and maks at a workshop in Gaza City on March 30, 2020 amid coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo by MAHMUD HAMS / AFP)

Factories in Gaza pivot to masks in corona response
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