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  • We acquired this object.

2020

  • Work on this object began.

2021

2025

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Test, Cue COVID-19

This is a Test. It is dated 2020. Its medium is plastic, electronics. It is a part of the department.

The Cue COVID-19 Test detects the RNA of the virus that causes COVID-19. The accuracy of this portable test is similar to that of a laboratory test. The user inserts Cue’s lower nasal swab into a cartridge, which connects to the Cue Health Monitoring System. Results are sent to a mobile smart device in about 20 minutes.

It is credited Courtesy of Cue Health, Inc..

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Design and Healing: Creative Responses to Epidemics.

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