“I’m a bit nervous,” confessed Li Qiang, the deputy mayor of Wuhan, the Chinese city where the coronavirus was first reported late last year, as he awaited the start of his first-ever live-streaming event. It is not the kind of tone one often hears from a senior Communist party official. But in an effort to… Read more »
Posts Categorized: COVID-19
The tech industry’s winners and losers in lockdown
The coronavirus pandemic has been bad news for business. But even as some technology companies have been squeezed tight, others have actually seen a boost. Some were in the right place at the right time – while others have seen the real-world trade they rely on shut down completely. Source: BBC Business News Date: May… Read more »
Coronavirus: Robot dog enforces social distancing in Singapore park
A robot dog is patrolling one of Singapore’s parks as part of coronavirus-related trial. The machine – made by US-based Boston Dynamics – is fitted with a camera to monitor how busy Bishan-Ang Moh Kio Park becomes. It also carries a loudspeaker to broadcast social-distancing messages. Source: BBC Technology News Date: May 11th, 2020 Link… Read more »
Coronavirus contact-tracing: World split between two types of app
Countries around the world are developing Covid-19 smartphone apps to limit the spread of coronavirus and relax lockdown restrictions. It’s hoped the information they gather can be used to alert people whether they pose a risk of spreading the contagion, and need to isolate. But, over recent weeks, a split has emerged between two different… Read more »
How new technologies could protect industrial workers from COVID-19
ome of the largest outbreaks in Canada have taken place in these types of workplaces, such as the hundreds of confirmed cases linked to meat-processing facilities as well as infections in several provinces traced back to a single Alberta oilsands work camp. But in many industrial workplaces, smartphones aren’t permitted due to safety concerns. That’s why Blackline developed its technology using… Read more »
Coronavirus: What is contact tracing and how does it work?
Governments around the world are proposing contact tracing as a way of limiting the spread of coronavirus after lockdown. Nations are recruiting thousands of people to do the task manually, but smartphones apps that can automate the process will also have a role to play. Source: BBC Technology News Date: April 27th, 2020 Link to… Read more »
A computer ‘the size of a credit card’ could help doctors monitor COVID-19 patients remotely
A team from the University of Toronto has created a new way for health-care workers to monitor COVID-19 patients — without having to set foot in their hospital rooms. It all began about two weeks ago when a call came from Mount Sinai Hospital asking the university’s engineering department to figure out a way to… Read more »
Big tech’s covid-19 opportunity
The pandemic will have many losers, but it already has one clear winner: big tech. The large digital platforms, including Alphabet and Facebook, will come out of the crisis even stronger. They should use this good fortune to reset their sometimes testy relations with their users. Otherwise big government, the other beneficiary of the covid calamity,… Read more »
Scientists can record teeny-tiny earthquakes, thanks to lockdown quiet
For earthquake scientists, having hundreds of millions of people off the streets and out of the skies is providing a bonanza of data about the planet. All those planes, trains and automobiles that aren’t running because of stay-home policies meant to fight the spread of COVID-19 have cut noise pollution in some cities by more… Read more »
What national COVID-19 modelling can tell us — and what it can’t
Richard Masse, public health strategic adviser, explained Quebec’s COVID-19 pandemic projections on Tuesday. They estimate the province could see between 1,300 and 8,900 deaths due to the disease by the end of the month. That’s why the COVID-19 modelling the federal government is presenting this morning needs to be read with an understanding of what these… Read more »
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