Question: The Naval Dockyard Mumbai has developed a low cost temperature gun in its fight against COVID-19. The instrument is manufactured at a cost less than?
(a) Rs. 2000
(b) Rs. 1500
(c) Rs. 1000
(d) Rs. 500
Answer: (c)
Related facts:
- Naval Dockyard, Mumbai has designed and developed its own Infra Red based temperature sensor for screening large number of personnel entering the Dockyard.
- The temperature gun has been manufactured at a cost less than Rs. 1000 through in-house resources.
- It is a non-contact thermometer and has an Infrared sensor and an LED display integrated with a microcontroller which runs on a 9V battery.
- The handheld sensor gun to screen personnel at the entry gates of the yard will reduce the load on security guards at the gate of dockyard screening personnel.
- The 285-year-old Naval Dockyard of the Western Naval Command (WNC) has an average influx of around 20,000 personnel every day.
Author: Himanshu Shukla
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