With people reluctant to touch knobs and door handles in public places fearing to catch the novel coronavirus, hands-free door handles were being tested in a Finnish supermarket on Monday (April 20).

The 3D-printed hands-free door opener designed by Belgian company Materialise. (Materialise) A pilot project involving the hands-free door handles began in the Finnish capital Helsinki on April 20.

To test the hands-free door handle adapters, Hong printed the design with a relatively inexpensive Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM) 3D printer, but says that files are printable on any machine.

CARLSBAD, Calif. — A Carlsbad-based family business has invented a foot-operated door handle aimed at reducing germ transmission and making life easier for those with their hands full. Aztech ...

The Touch 1 might seem over-engineered, but installing it, and replacing an existing hand-operated door handle, takes just 10 minutes, according to the company, and requires no modifications to ...