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Thankfully, we’re post-covid!

Back in early 2020, TrendWatching launched ‘Covid Innovations’ to inspire entrepreneurs and marketers to serve their customers better in dire covid times.

With Covid thankfully no longer impacting daily life, we’re fully focused again on all innovations that make the world a little bit better - check out Daily, our free publication to stay on top of the latest trends, insights and innovations.

 
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1,000+ covid-related innovations from around the world, brought to you by the team behind TrendWatching.

 
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Kindness of Strangers lets skilled people donate 30-minutes of their time to people in need of help
Kindness of Strangers lets skilled people donate 30-minutes of their time to people in need of help

The website enables people that can provide support on subjects like working from home, navigating being suddenly out of work, taking care of a child or ailing parent care to connect remotely with people that need help.

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Information TechnologyRiz RazakMarch 31, 2020
US e-bike renting app Wheels launches e-bikes with self-cleaning handlebars and brake levers
US e-bike renting app Wheels launches e-bikes with self-cleaning handlebars and brake levers

The company is deploying e-bikes with NanoSeptic, a technology powered by light that uses mineral nano-crystals to create an oxidation reaction that is stronger than bleach. This technology is used on Wheels’ handlebars and brake levers.

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TransportationRiz RazakMarch 31, 2020WheelsWheels
US Sports uniform manufacturing company Fanatics uses its factory to produce hospital gowns and masks
US Sports uniform manufacturing company Fanatics uses its factory to produce hospital gowns and masks

Fanatics is teaming up with Major League Baseball (MLB) to use MLB uniform material to produce these hospital gowns and masks which they plan to distribute free of charge to health care workers in the Pennsylvania region.

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Apparel & FashionThomas KlaffkeMarch 31, 2020FanaticsFanatics
WFH Care Package enables US companies to send an assortment of treats to their employees
WFH Care Package enables US companies to send an assortment of treats to their employees

The WHF Care Package includes candy bars, premium coffee, a notebook and pen or a book of logic games to boost the moral of employees. A part of the revenue will go to supporting non-profits trying to reduce the impacts of COVID.

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RetailRiz RazakMarch 31, 2020WFH Care PackageWFH Care Package
Revolution Foods distributes meals for low-income students in California
Revolution Foods distributes meals for low-income students in California

School lunch vendor Revolution Foods has set up distribution points in 20 different schools in California to provide low-income students with meals in takeaway bags. The company also expanded to distribute healthy meals to vulnerable seniors and is seeking partners to set up emergency feeding programs.

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Food & BeverageSiena KinsaleMarch 31, 2020Revolution FoodsRevolution Foods
Scottish brewery BrewDog launches an online bar with pub quizzes, comedy and other events
Scottish brewery BrewDog launches an online bar with pub quizzes, comedy and other events

BrewDog launched an Online Bar where anyone around the globe can join every Friday for beer tastings, home brew masterclasses, virtual pub quizzes, Q&As with BrewDog crew members, live music and comedy.

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Food & BeverageSiena KinsaleMarch 31, 2020Brewdog BrewDog
US-based Playworks helps families with free online resources and guidelines to play with children at home
US-based Playworks helps families with free online resources and guidelines to play with children at home

Playworks launched #PlayAtHome, offering free video tutorials of games that young students can play at home during quarantine. Families can play along during Playworks daily livestreams on Facebook or find videos on YouTube.

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EducationSiena KinsaleMarch 31, 2020PlayworksPlayworks
PocketCoach launches new app to help people cope with COVID anxiety
PocketCoach launches new app to help people cope with COVID anxiety

Mental health app PocketCoach released a new app featuring digital coaches who answer questions to help people deal with COVID anxiety by providing them with the best available information.

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Health & FitnessSiena KinsaleMarch 31, 2020PocketcoachPocketcoach
SaveYourBookstore app helps US bookstores stay afloat
SaveYourBookstore app helps US bookstores stay afloat

This app enables people to find their nearest bookstore where they can organise pick-ups and deliveries for the purchase of gift cards and books with a quarantine discount.

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Media & Entertainment, RetailSiena KinsaleMarch 31, 2020Save Your Book StoreSaveYourBookstore
New website LearnFromAChef offers online cooking classes by real working US chefs
New website LearnFromAChef offers online cooking classes by real working US chefs

The online classes enable people to improve their cooking skills whilst supporting talented chefs that are unable to cook due to the closure of restaurants during COVID.

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Food & BeverageSiena KinsaleMarch 31, 2020Learn From A ChefLearn From A Chef
New US-based startup Jupe Health provides modular mobile shelters for hospitals
New US-based startup Jupe Health provides modular mobile shelters for hospitals

To address the shortage of hospital rooms during COVID, Jupe Health is offering mobile shelters that can be produced at around 1/30th the cost of a standard hospital room and shipped anywhere using existing logistics infrastructure.

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ConstructionSiena KinsaleMarch 31, 2020Jupe HealthJupe Health
Starbuck offers free coffee to medical workers across the US
Starbuck offers free coffee to medical workers across the US

The coffee giant is offering free coffee to health care workers until May 3rd. This offer is available at participating Starbucks stores throughout the US.

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Food & BeverageSiena KinsaleMarch 31, 2020StarbucksStarbucks
Chinese food delivery platform Meituan introduces 'shields' to protect food and diners
Chinese food delivery platform Meituan introduces 'shields' to protect food and diners

This food delivery company is packaging its food with an extra sheet of paper that unfolds and protects the food and its recipients. Meituan is also donating these shields to medical workers in Wuhan.

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Food & BeverageSiena KinsaleMarch 31, 2020MeituanMeituan
Mask Match lets you send your spare N95 masks to hospital workers in the US
Mask Match lets you send your spare N95 masks to hospital workers in the US

Mask Match is a peer-to-peer platform that enables people with spare N95 or surgical masks at home to ship them to medical workers in the US that are in dire need of them - without having to leave their houses.

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Health & FitnessThomas KlaffkeMarch 30, 2020Mask MatchMask Match
Dyson designs new ventilator in only 10 days and will produce 15,000 units for UK hospitals
Dyson designs new ventilator in only 10 days and will produce 15,000 units for UK hospitals

The UK Government asked Dyson to produce 10,000 ventilators to help hospitals in the country during the pandemic. Dyson designed and built a new ventilator just ten days after, and is now manufacturing the product in large quantities, donating 5,000 extra units.

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Electronics & RoboticsThomas KlaffkeMarch 30, 2020DysonDyson
Japanese schoolchildren overcome quarantine by organising a Minecraft graduation ceremony
Japanese schoolchildren overcome quarantine by organising a Minecraft graduation ceremony

A group of kids in a Japanese elementary school found a creative workaround to attend their graduation ceremony whilst their school is shutdown: building and holding their own ceremony on Minecraft.

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Education, Media & EntertainmentThomas KlaffkeMarch 30, 2020JapanMinecraft
Netflix Party is a browser extension that syncs streams so friends and families can watch together
Netflix Party is a browser extension that syncs streams so friends and families can watch together

The third-party extension for Netflix enables people to watch the same movie or series and chat about it remotely, creating a communal experience during the quarantine period. This extension is free but only available using Google's Chrome browser.

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Media & EntertainmentThomas KlaffkeMarch 29, 2020NetflixNetflix, Netflix Party
Lush offers free hand-washing facilities at its stores across the UK
Lush offers free hand-washing facilities at its stores across the UK

Using its shop windows to promote hand-washing guidelines and luring in people with messages so they do wash their hands, Lush is helping people across the UK to tackle COVID.

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Beauty & Wellness, RetailThomas KlaffkeMarch 29, 2020LushLush
Airbnb launches global initiative to provide housing to healthcare professionals and first responders
Airbnb launches global initiative to provide housing to healthcare professionals and first responders

The company recently announced it will, together with its hosts, help provide housing to 100,000 healthcare professionals, relief workers, and first responders worldwide during the crisis.

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TravelRiz RazakMarch 29, 2020AirbnbAirbnb
BrewDog launches beer drive-thru service at all of its UK bars
BrewDog launches beer drive-thru service at all of its UK bars

Customers of the Scottish brewery and distillery can place beer orders (at a discount) via the BrewDog Hop Drop app and collect their orders at all UK BrewDog bars. The service includes bottles, cans, draft beer fills in growlers as well as any item from that bar’s food, spirits and wines menu.

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Food & BeverageThomas KlaffkeMarch 29, 2020BrewDogBrewDog
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