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A game inspired by Pokémon GO that consists of discovering chemical, electrical and biological risks in the research teams through an 'app' of augmented reality in which monsters are projected has begun to be used in the largest of the UPCT laboratories to instruct to students, technicians and teachers who use their multiple equipment in the safety measures that must be followed to avoid accidents.
"Almost no user reads the safety guides of the laboratories, but through the game we have verified that they learn the risks that exist and how to avoid them while having fun," explains Dolores Ojados, head of the Industrial Design and Scientific Calculation Service of the UPCT and director of the Final Master's Project (TFM) during which the application was developed.
The 'app' created by the student Álvaro Macián, a member of the research group on New Machine Safety Devices, includes questions about safety regulations and a ranking of users who have managed to better identify the risks of burns, short circuits or inhale harmful gases that exist in laboratories.
"Similar universities and companies have already asked us for similar developments for their laboratories," says Ojados.
Macián, who has just completed the Interuniversity Master's Degree in Occupational Risk Prevention jointly taught by the UPCT and the University of Murcia has collaborated in multiple developments of the group in New Machine Safety Devices, such as the simulator of driving tractors with immersive virtual reality for training in occupational risk prevention using roll-over arches.
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Source: UPCT
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