Pick one passive protection technology (antimicrobial surfaces, glycol vapours, hydrogen peroxide systems) and review its safety, efficacy and scalability.
Passive measures work without anyone having to remember to use them. The evidence base is scattered and hard for decision-makers to judge.
Output: A structured evidence review.
Read the list of ideas above and pick the one you would most enjoy.
Check the source to see whether someone has already done it.
Scope it down to something you can finish in your available time.
Do a quick first version and show it to someone.
Write up what you made and share it with the source authors.
All steps done
Share what you made, then try another project. The PDF version has room for notes.
Reusable respirators could protect essential workers in a severe pandemic. Many projects here are about evidence, communication and distribution.
Explore whether AI tools can lower the effort of improving home air quality, or speed up reviewing the built-environment research literature.
Far-UVC light might kill airborne germs in occupied rooms. Write the clear, honest explainer the field is missing: what it is, how it works, what the evidence says, and what is still uncertain.
