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That's why a team at MIT has designed a device to assess how well a mask fits an individual user, quickly and easily. Known as cMaSK (conformable multimodal sensor face mask), the tool was designed to ...

P95 and N95 are rating classifiers for masks manufactured to keep people from inhaling dust and other small particles in unsafe environments.

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Vice wrote about research that assessed the effectiveness of popular "hacks" meant to improve the fit of KN95 and surgical masks. The researchers evaluated seven different "fit hacks," some of which ...

A new sensor can measure biological and environmental signals, and evaluate how well a face mask fits by measuring physical contact between the mask and the wearer's face. Wearing a mask can help ...

Wearing a mask can help prevent the spread of viruses such as SARS-CoV-2, but a mask's effectiveness depends on how well it fits. Currently, there are no simple ways to measure the fit of a mask, but ...

Catherine Clase is a member of the Cloth Mask Knowledge Exchange, a research and knowledge translation group that includes industry stakeholders. Industry stakeholders contribute to the Cloth Mask ...