The new website offers information regarding why recovered COVID patients should be able to donate plasma whilst outlining what conditions need to be met in order for an individual to be qualified to donate blood.
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Stanford Medicine partners with Fitbit and other tech and academic partners on the effort, and is now looking for participants to help refine the diagnostic tool. The idea is that smartwatches or other wearable sensors may have the ability to detect symptoms that indicate a viral infection before a person notices it themselves, like higher skin temperature or elevated heart rate.
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The Tower of David Museum has released 'The Holy City', an immersive VR experience that’s free of charge through April 24, the first day of Ramadan. In collaboration with two VR firms, the museum allows users to walk through the Church of the Holy Sepulchre during Easter’s Holy Fire ceremony or with the throngs at the Western Wall as they receive the ancient priestly blessing.
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The mobile zone sanitation system, presented as an innovative idea by a team of 11 students from the UMSA electronics engineering degree during a hackathon, is a device designed for the sanitation of open and closed areas that could be contaminated by COVID and have a large influx of people, such as hospitals, markets and streets.
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Shock’s free guide helps brands to think about their future, by giving them insights on a post-COVID world and the changes the current crisis will mean in terms consumption behaviour and in the roles of brands.
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Africa University, just outside the eastern city of Mutare, has a Facebook feed full of pictures of the hand sanitiser the institution's department of public health and nursing is producing, while the Harare Institute of Technology has produced a prototype oxygen ventilator.
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The website enables people to throw different forms of online parties depending on their budget and preferred theme. Festinha then helps invite all guests and acts as MC.
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Major airlines have been discussing the possibility of conducting passenger temperature checks prior to boarding flights, testing new technology that would screen passengers for dangerous medical conditions like COVID.
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The testing units are made with three walls of unused plexiglass recycled from Room's office phone booths, this makes it easy to clean and disinfect between patients. It can be assembled and installed on site in 30-minutes.
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The movement Naodemita talks about the social responsibility businessmen have, encouraging companies to commit not to lay off any of their employees for the next two months at least. So far 3303 companies joined the #dontlayoff movement.
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NeXT Clean is a next generation sanitiser that can be delivered to your door and send in refills when you run low. The hand sanitiser is non-toxic and can be used on faces, but also to disinfect your home appliances, children's toys or food, and its ingredients are rated 100% allergen free by Mayo Clinic.
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By cooperating with 312 microbreweries in the country, the #zachranpivo initiative helps breweries stay afloat by distributing beer. People can easily find the nearest place from their home and order some beer online, seeing in real-time the number of beers that are 'waiting to be rescued'.
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The website gives people all the information they need to create their own mask at home, using an old tee-shirt, a piece of paper, a coffee filter or cotton fabric, and explain in details why and how to use them.
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As restaurants, hairdressers, hotels and many local Italian businesses are struggling, a team of 4 people launched the non-profit platform TorniamoPresto.it to support these local businesses by buying them a gift card to use when they can reopen.
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The islands’ latest tourism initiative enables you to discover its famous landscapes thanks to a camera-wearing local who responds to your commands from anywhere in the world, to virtually show you around the islands
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Yoshioka's template design can be used to create a face shield in three simple steps from a clear sheet of PET or PVC plastic, printed on an A3 piece of paper.
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This new platform enables Singaporeans to share their thoughts and tips on how they are feeling, where to buy groceries or to get a mask, or some good activities to do at home, for example.
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The benches integrate plexiglass separators to keep people at a safe distance and limit the possibility of contagion and spread of the virus.
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This service is for people who’s job has been affected by COVID-19. Beamery's technology is connecting those talents with recruiters at companies that are still hiring.
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