A diagram of the modified cotton candy machine.

Professor Bandi took a regular cotton candy machine, applied a high voltage electric field, and poured in a powered polymer instead of sugar. The result was a fabric that could be used to create face masks to combat the spread of COVID-19.
Date:
20 April 2020
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