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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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Smartvid.io debuts new app able to determine when construction workers don´t practice social distancing
Smartvid.io debuts new app able to determine when construction workers don´t practice social distancing

Using any cameras that Smartvid.io can connect to Vinnie, the company’s AI interface, it will be able to work as a virtual safety inspector and determine the distance between any two workers on construction jobsites.

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Information Technology, ConstructionFiona RaguenezApril 15, 2020Smartvid.io
GigsGuide lists online live music performances available via streaming services
GigsGuide lists online live music performances available via streaming services

GigsGuide is listing online live music events, helping people stuck at home use the time in quarantine to discover new artists from all over the world.

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Media & EntertainmentFiona RaguenezApril 15, 2020GigsGuide
Online modular home seller Dwellito now offers mini-offices delivered to your door
Online modular home seller Dwellito now offers mini-offices delivered to your door

Dwellito's mini offices are quiet places to work from that can be built next to your home, or in your garden. In 6 to 8 weeks, a pre-built office can be delivered to your front door, starting at $9,000.

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Architecture, Real EstateFiona RaguenezApril 15, 2020Dwellito
Our House TV network will pay $100 an hour to unemployed artists
Our House TV network will pay $100 an hour to unemployed artists

The network wants to support musicians, actors, comedians, DJs, teachers and creatives, replacing the work of paid gigs while venues, clubs and bars remain closed. Streaming 24/7 through Vimeo, Our House TV will present a variety of pre-taped content.

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Media & EntertainmentFiona RaguenezApril 15, 2020Our House TV
Indian IT professional develops app to track COVID patients thanks to Google Maps
Indian IT professional develops app to track COVID patients thanks to Google Maps

An IT professional in Ahmedabad has developed an app using a Google Maps feature to provide the exact location of patients so that people can stay away from such areas.

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Information TechnologyFiona RaguenezApril 15, 2020
Italian platform Uniti Possiamo connects local businesses with people living nearby
Italian platform Uniti Possiamo connects local businesses with people living nearby

This platform provides a map with the local businesses you can find in your surroundings in order to support the local economy and, at the same time, provides visibility to the businesses to be found easily.

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Non-Profit, Retail, Food & BeverageFiona RaguenezApril 15, 2020 Uniti Possiamo
Canadian tech company VitalHub Corp deploys blockchain-based COVID electronic screening
Canadian tech company VitalHub Corp deploys blockchain-based COVID electronic screening

The tool will be used by a Region of Waterloo-owned long-term care facility called Sunny Side Home that requested it to help screen residents for common COVID symptoms.

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Information TechnologyFiona RaguenezApril 15, 2020VitalHub Corp
Utah family launches 'Spring Break Chalk Challenge' to cope with social distancing in a creative way
Utah family launches 'Spring Break Chalk Challenge' to cope with social distancing in a creative way

Amelia Evensen's family decided to create a piece of interactive chalk artwork at their respective homes every day, instead of going on their spring trip together. The family would then text each other the funny photos, and the parents would determine winners and give out prizes.

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Media & Entertainment, Home & GardenFiona RaguenezApril 15, 2020
50+ organisations working in the humanitarian sector produce new story book to help children cope with COVID
50+ organisations working in the humanitarian sector produce new story book to help children cope with COVID

The book, aimed primarily at children aged 6-11 years old to help them understand and come to terms with COVID, is a project of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee Reference Group on Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Emergency Settings.

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Non-Profit, EducationFiona RaguenezApril 15, 2020
Airbnb launches 'Online Experiences' including virtual hangouts with goats and cooking classes
Airbnb launches 'Online Experiences' including virtual hangouts with goats and cooking classes

Airbnb launched Online Experiences, a “new way for people to connect, travel virtually, and earn income during the COVID-19 crisis.” Airbnb also partnered with social organisations around the world to provide Online Experiences to elderly people for free so they are able to find human connection during isolation.

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TravelThomas KlaffkeApril 15, 2020Airbnb
Brazilian online platform Mascara Para Todos connects masks suppliers with those who need them
Brazilian online platform Mascara Para Todos connects masks suppliers with those who need them

The platform provides a free interactive Public Map where anyone can see and register points of sale for masks, alcohol gel, gloves and psychological help throughout Brazil for free or for honest prices.

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Non-Profit, Health & FitnessSiena KinsaleApril 15, 2020Mascara Para Todos Mascara Para Todos
Dove launches 'Courage Is Beautiful' campaign in US showing faces of healthcare workers marked by protective gear
Dove launches 'Courage Is Beautiful' campaign in US showing faces of healthcare workers marked by protective gear

DOVE puts new face on its iconic 'real beauty' campaign in salute to health workers showing their faces marked by the protective gear they have been wearing during the current crisis.

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Beauty & Wellness, MarketingThomas KlaffkeApril 15, 2020Dove
Snap Safe is a new Snapchat AR Lens to help people keep a safe physical distance
Snap Safe is a new Snapchat AR Lens to help people keep a safe physical distance

The Snap Safe Lens developed by we are social uses proximity augmented reality technology to show exactly how far away people need to stand from other members of the public when out and about during lockdown.

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Electronics & Robotics, Information TechnologyThomas KlaffkeApril 15, 2020we are social
Digital agency Isobar Australia launches CareMonger app enabling people to help out their neighbours
Digital agency Isobar Australia launches CareMonger app enabling people to help out their neighbours

The free mobile app allows people within 10km of each other to request help or let others know they are offering their services for free. App users are asked to set an ‘I am ...’ status that lets people in their neighbourhood see what they need, or what they’re offering to help with.

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Home & Garden, Information TechnologyFiona RaguenezApril 15, 2020 Isobar Australia
New Jersey-based parking app Boxcar transforms into food delivery app
New Jersey-based parking app Boxcar transforms into food delivery app

The Boxcar app used to help residents and businesses to rent out open driveways or parking lots. Residents in Madison, New Jersey, can now use the app to reserve and pick up grocery boxes that contain eggs, milk and romaine lettuce, among other fruits and vegetables.

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Transportation, RetailThomas KlaffkeApril 15, 2020
'Hello Landlord' helps tenants in the US who can't pay their rents because of COVID
'Hello Landlord' helps tenants in the US who can't pay their rents because of COVID

The free tool Hello Landlord, made by legal experts, helps tenants draft a letter to their landlord to explain why they haven’t paid their rent and outline their right to avoid evictions thanks to the CARES Act, the sweeping aid package signed into law on March 27.

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Financial Services, Home & GardenThomas KlaffkeApril 14, 2020Hello Landlord
LifePoints releases new version of its fitness app to reward users who are staying at home
LifePoints releases new version of its fitness app to reward users who are staying at home

Originally an app to reward users for time spent at the gym, LifePoints has released a new version to give points to users who are staying home. Points can be used to purchase things like discounts from LifePoints partners.

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Health & Fitness, Information TechnologyThomas KlaffkeApril 14, 2020LifePoints
Melbourne-based Tivoli Road Bakery pivots to selling home-baking kits
Melbourne-based Tivoli Road Bakery pivots to selling home-baking kits

The popular local bakery started to sell kits so that people can bake their own bread at home and is also offering delivery services.

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Food & BeverageFiona RaguenezApril 14, 2020Tivoli Road Bakery
StayHome initiative raises funds to fight COVID by providing 'Stay Home Tours' to the city of your choice
StayHome initiative raises funds to fight COVID by providing 'Stay Home Tours' to the city of your choice

Stay Home enables you to virtually discover a city of your choice (e.g. Berlin, Bangkok, New York). The nonprofit initiative will give all the contribution through the Facebook platform 'COVID-19 Fundraiser' to the World Health Organization to help fight COVID.

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Non-Profit, TravelFiona RaguenezApril 14, 2020StayHome
Brazilian platform Central Corona connects people with COVID symptoms with volunteer doctors for free
Brazilian platform Central Corona connects people with COVID symptoms with volunteer doctors for free

Central Corona will connect people with potential COVID symptoms with doctors through a preferred chat application (WhatsApp or Telegram). Some questions will be asked to confirm if it is necessary to refer the call to a doctor. If it is, the conversation is directed to a request queue, which volunteer doctors have access to.

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Health & FitnessFiona RaguenezApril 14, 2020Central Corona
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