NIKE is making full-face shields and powered air-purifying respirator (PAPR) lenses out of repurposed materials from footwear and apparel to help health care workers on the frontlines.
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Powered by Via and deployed in partnership with the leading transport operator United Trans and Abu Dhabi’s Integrated Transport Centre (ITC), the city’s essential healthcare workers now have a safe and free way to travel between their home and place of work during COVID.
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Some hotels in Germany offer an alternative to working from home during lockdown by proposing 'hotel offices', including fast WiFi, a desk, telephone and fax, parking space in front of the door, and lunch, snacks and drinks delivered to the room.
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Tech To The Rescue is a voluntary movement connecting IT companies with non-governmental organisations around the world, to help NGOs with all types of tech-related issues, such as e-commerce, research, fundraising, software development, etc.
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The city of Florianópolis will be the first to receive the "Hyundai Solidarity Transport" program. The company's objective is to transport elderly people over 60 years old as well as healthcare professionals, free of charge.
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Within a matter of days of the COVID outbreak reaching Germany, Max Strohe launched the "Cooking for Heroes" initiative, using food donations he receives from restaurants and suppliers to provide meals to medical workers. So far 30 restaurants across Germany have joined his initiative.
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Adrian Cheng announced that he is supplying vending machines stocked with free medical-grade face masks across Hong Kong to help protect people from COVID. Launching in late April, 35 vending machines will be installed in designated service centres across 18 of the city’s districts.
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UK's family creators on Channel Mum will share resources from budget cooking lessons to arts and crafts, to mindfulness and family fitness. Each day and for free, to help keeping families entertained during lockdown.
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Drone company DJI has activated a Disaster Relief Program to equip public safety agencies across the US with drone hardware and software to help fight COVID, with 100 drones deployed so far. ‘Pandemic drones’ can detect sneezing and coughing, and measure temperature, indicating possible medical concerns.
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Snapchat has launched a new set of filters designed to encourage its users to donate money to help fight COVID. The AR filters allows users to scan 23 international currency notes across 33 countries. The app will then give people the option of donating directly to the UN COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund which supports the World Health Organization.
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Several self-service technologies have been adopted over the past three months in China to help mitigate the risks caused by COVID. These include face masks vending machines by Topow, hot meal vending containers by Country Garden, unmanned grocery stores by Alibaba and self-service pick-up lockers by Meituan.
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Trade will donate $2 for every first coffee order to roaster employee funds, and Chobani will match each dollar contributed by Trade, up to $20,000, in order to support small roasters that have been struggling due to COVID.
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The platform focuses on helping hospitality staff affected by recent venue closures. Each video course (cooking, cocktail making,…) is presented by hospitality professionals who have volunteered their time to help out their fellow hospo workers, with all profits going to struggling hospitality workers.
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The project was created in partnership with local entrepreneurs, restaurants, and artists to create a hotel experience during lockdown. This includes a virtual check-in, a curated locally sourced welcome box delivered via mail, live online entertainment and even a virtual concierge.
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Working with the Vodafone Foundation, the ‘Corona-AI’ project will use the free DreamLab app, which crunches calculations using a smartphone’s computing power while its user sleeps. The app has already helped find potential new cancer drugs and is now aiming to help in the fight against COVID.
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Autistica's team shared a video to show how they are coping in these uncertain times and asks people to help by sharing their own best ways to cope with the situation, and by taking on a fundraising challenge to support autism research during the World Autism Awareness Month
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Communication agency GroupM in Romania launches a campaign to motivate people to wear masks whenever they go outside to stop the spread of COVID.
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Crowdiate showcases a shortlist of a recent challenge calling for marketing ideas that encourage people to stay safe and strong to creatively overcome the global threat of COVID together.
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Chinese companies have come up with new ways to optimally allocate human resources during the COVID epidemic from businesses that haven’t resumed operations or are only partially operating due to lockdowns or declining business.
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The company's main product, Hilab, is a portable, connected laboratory capable of instantly detecting infectious diseases through non-invasive blood tests. The COVID testing set up includes the mini lab and the test kits. The first wave of tests should be ready by mid-April.
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