A group of developers and designers launched a crowdfunding campaign to fund Syncify. The goal of the app is to reduce isolation and loneliness by enabling people to share their listening experiences with friends and family.
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Using a map of the country and a filter, people can find other nearby people sewing (green scissors icon) or distributing (orange building icon) masks. They can then use the phone number or email contact attached to get in contact with them to organise the exchange.
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The Club Quarantäne will be broadcasting exclusive sets from well-known DJ’s. The website functions as the venue, asking people to tackle obstacles like enduring a long (Berghain-style) line outside before entering, then offering them a place to interact with each other virtually, to dance and have fun.
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This Berlin-based platform aims to help self-employed people who are struggling to find work during COVID-19 by connecting them with companies and projects.
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For the first time ever, a Finnish prime minister held a press conference in which the journalists asking the questions were children. Questions like ’When can we go back to school?’, ‘Will we be able to go to the amusement park this summer?’ or ‘When can we visit our grandparents?’ were asked.
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29 states in the US and the District of Columbia mandate sex education in schools. But as they are closed, many apps like Roo, Real Talk or JuiceBox, which let students ask questions about sexual health getting answers from experts andr other users, could serve as a virtual alternative to sex ed.
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The Amsterdam-founded company Zoku introduced its Private WorkLofts for people who can’t work at home and neither go to the office. For €50 per day, guests get ‘a bit of peace and quiet with a room-service lunch included and a room equipped with a kitchen, high-speed Wi-Fi and an office toolbox full of stationaries and other supplies.
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The aim of the initiative is to offer ideas for different, funny entertainment activities and crafts projects at home to make lockdown more bearable. All activities include the use of Oatly products and packaging.
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27-year-old Olivia Strong, a Scottish documentary producer, started a charity running challenge “Run for Heroes” on social media with the aim of raising £5,000 ($6,212), but it quickly went viral and has now raised over £5 million for UK healthcare workers fighting COVID.
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The Mohanlal's Viswasanthi Foundation donated the autonomous robot, developed by ASIMOV robotics, to the COVID ward of the Ernakulam government medical college hospital with the goal to reduce the interaction between health workers and COVID-19 patients.
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Maanch’s Coronavirus Global Response Dashboard lists projects around the world responding to urgent COVID challenges and gives information on project details and budget needs. To support projects, people can donate directly on the Maanch website to its Coronavirus Response Fund which then feeds into the highlighted projects.
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Unable to invite visitors onto their premises, Finnish museums are taking to their websites and social media to meet the demand for beauty, inspiration and ideas, bringing audiences everything from video art to VR guided tours.
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Cerveja Nortada partners with the Portuguese Red Cross and Dott to launch a beer that celebrates the heroes of the frontline. All the profits from the beer will go to the Portuguese Red Cross to support the fight against COVID.
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The initiative will help those most vulnerable self-isolating members in London with transportation and delivery through a free bike taxi service. The project will launch later in the year across Tower Hamlets, Newham, Hackney and other neighbourhoods..
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We Were Seeds started with a Virtual Career Day, uniting ambitious women around the globe through stories shared over Zoom. Then they turned the initiative into a platform that brings women together to inspire each other, lift each other up, and reflect on their journeys.
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The #MaskefürDich platform allows people to both find and sell masks through the use of an interactive map of Germany and Austria showing people who are sewing and offering masks and others who can sew when provided with material, as well as lastly those in need of masks.
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The mobile four-legged bot with a mounted iPad can now protect frontline healthcare workers by minimising their exposure to the contagious virus while enabling doctors to remotely walk around and talk to patients. The robot is especially helpful when there is a shortage of personal protective equipment (PPE).
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Trinity Diets is organising the Marathome, a Home Marathon, where people run at home using the Zoom app to connect with each other. The event is scheduled for Saturday May 2nd at 11am, for two hours.
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Bright red ‘Voices of Brussels’ buses have started to deliver personal messages of love like ‘We are sending you a big kiss’, throughout Brussels. The public bus company STIB-MIVB has called on people to send voice messages and addresses to then deliver those messages via loudspeaker when driving by.
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