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Vuzix Smart Glasses Enables Continuous Research of Blood Cells and the COVID-19 Virus at Newcastle University
- Vuzix M400 Smart Glasses provide university staff and academics with remote support for both research and training ROCHESTER, N.Y., Nov. 5, 2020
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[{"type":"text","content":"- Vuzix M400 Smart Glasses provide university staff and academics with remote support for both research and training\n\n\nROCHESTER, N.Y., Nov. 5, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Vuzix® Corporation (NASDAQ: VUZI), (\"Vuzix\" or, the \"Company\"), a leading supplier of Smart Glasses and Augmented Reality (AR) technology and products, today announced that Newcastle University, a UK public research university, has deployed the Vuzix M400 Smart Glasses to carry out remote support among staff and academics at multiple lab sites and home offices in the research of blood cells and diseases including COVID-19. In addition to remote support, lab technicians are using platforms such as Zoom via the M400 Smart Glasses to deliver training across its user base. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \nThe Newcastle Flow Cytometry Core Facility at Newcastle University is an advanced technology platform and research lab in the field of Cytometry. Newcastle's laboratory relies on a core team of highly skilled individuals whose job it is to maintain and operate the blood cell analytical systems called cytometers that are used to perform blood cell analysis, but also to train other scientists to operate certain platforms. The systems are not all located in one physical location, and not all members of the team have the same skill sets meaning that it can sometime be difficult to align personnel with the necessary platform. In the current COVID-19 global pandemic, this situation is made even more challenging as its team is working in \"bio-bubbles\" with one group active on-site and another located at home. Moreover, due to COVID-19, all one-on-one in-person user training and support for this program was due to be suspended unless another method of training and support could be put in place. \nMuch of the research work that the team performs in the laboratory is hands-on and requires complete freedom of both hands to operate the systems and conduct experiments safely and effectively. After extensive research, Dr. Andrew Filby, Director of the Newcastle Flow Cytometry Core and Lead of the Innovation, Methodology and Innovations Research Theme, and his team chose the Vuzix M400 Smart Glasses to provide remote support and training to the team. While still enabling a hands-free working environment, the M400 Smart Glasses, which also can be configured with safety glasses, ensu...