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.
The website created by two social workers shares information about all the ways people can help each other during COVID. Some of these suggestions include petitions, volunteering, donating to charities and other ways to keep busy and healthy.
Read MoreThe free Google Chrome extension Vemos enables you to watch movies with friends remotely, on the most popular streaming services (Netflix, Disney +, Prime video, Youtube), with a full video chat built-in.
Read MoreRelocrew believes that candidates who have been dismissed due to COVID-19 may be perfectly suitable for another company and tries to become a platform matching companies in need of people with those recently losing their job.
Read MoreAchtung! recreated their real office in a virtual reality (VR) environment to enable their colleagues to gather together in the office. Last Friday, the first joint after-work drink gathering was held with 70 employees taking part.
Read MoreTo celebrate Easter, the Düsseldorf drive-in cinema together with the local catholic church organised a drive-in Easter service with space for 500 cars.
Read MoreUntil April 30, Right Hub's consultants will accompany companies and their HR functions through an evaluation of the information prospectus for people with disabilities and the identification of the most suitable tools to comply with the obligations of the legislation in force.
Read MoreThe website raises money for restaurants so that they can keep their kitchens running and deliver meals to people who urgently require them. These people include healthcare workers, elderly and homeless people.
Read MoreThe Beat Bus project is a free bus service that aims to facilitate the transfer of health professionals to hospitals in Lima and Buenos Aires. The project is a cooperation with the local authorities to ensure that it complies with all the disinfection and sanitation protocols necessary to transport doctors, nurses and technical personnel safely.
Read MoreThe new kit made from a storage box from IKEA and a UV-C light, at a cost of around $55-$75, is designed to quickly give hospitals and other key locations such as nursing homes and grocery stores a solution to decontaminate masks so they can be used several times.
Read MoreWith clubs and bars closed due to COVID, the Portland strip club started offering a new service to keep its employees working: Boober Eats. For a $30 delivery fee, customers can order a burger and fries to their homes, where two dancers will show up with a driver/security guard. Equipped with masks, gloves, and hand sanitizers, but topless, the dancers deliver food to the customer’s doorstep.
Read MoreApple is allowing healthcare providers, hospitals, and other businesses to submit an application for their testing locations. Once a location is approved, it will appear right on Apple Maps.
Read MoreThe sleep apnoea machine being phased out of service can be modified into a ventilator to treat people with COVID, claim engineers and scientists at Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust (LTHT) and Leeds University.
Read MoreThe device is a convenient reminder to employees and customers to maintain a healthy physical distance, staying 6 feet apart from each other. A red alert warns employees and customers when they have gotten too close.
Read MoreThis collaborative platform maps small, local businesses in Belo Horizonte, Brasil, which are delivering food, medicine and more to help people in quarantine and support their businesses.
Read MoreThe social distancing sensor alerts people to maintain safe social distance in small group gathering (10 people or less).
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Read MoreIn Peru, medical professionals volunteer to answer questions or diagnose symptoms for individuals in order to avoid the collapse of emergency services. Hola Soy Médico website gathers a compilation of the professionals who are volunteering.
Read MoreUberEats aims to help South Africans remaining at home by delivering a smaller range of essential items safely within an hour of ordering via the app. Uber Eats encourages eaters to check the app often as new staples and convenience products are being added daily from local partners and stores nearby.
Read MoreThe company's new program is helping start-ups with funding and expertise to turn their innovations into products that help in the fight against COVID-19.
Read MoreThis new festival took place online between the 10th and 14th April. Participants needed to send a 3 to 5 minutes short film, containing a lemon. The judging pannel chose a winner who will receive $300 AUS and a bag of lemons.
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