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In partnership with StarStock, Asda has launched a new dedicated online platform for £30 foods boxes offering 2-day home-delivery for vulnerable shoppers. The boxes contain 31 essential items which have been in high demand during lockdown like bread, pasta, tinned goods, long life milk and teabags.
The virtual showroom service will enable brands to showcase products via an immersive online experience, by allowing customers to see 360-degree views of products, looking at items from all angles and zooming-in to see details close-up.
Read MoreFitz Frames launched Fitz Protect, a line of custom 3D-printed protective eyewear designed to fit around the contours of the worker's face and provide protection against small droplets from reaching the eyes, using their manufacturing facility at the Youngstown Business Incubator.
Read MoreRajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA) in Hyderabad introduces innovative digital solutions for a seamless passenger experience. Instead of showing physical documents for verification, passengers will be required to display the documents into a high-definition camera installed at the gate.
Read MoreSunCrafter works with partners to build a plan to manufacture a large number of its solution, which develops hand sanitisers by using end-of-life photovoltaic (PV) modules. The technology can be used in field hospitals, refugee camps and urban slums in countries with poor energy supplies.
Read MoreThe Home Energy Squad, which is sponsored by Xcel Energy and CenterPoint Energy, is a free and safe service to help customers discover low-cost energy-saving opportunities through virtual visits and consulting.
Read MoreThe restaurant recently launched its 'Serres Séparées' (separate greenhouses) model. Big enough for up to three people to gather around a table with candles, these transparent enclosures show how restaurants could adapt to social distancing rules.
Read MorePeople who were tested positive for COVID antibodies will be able to get a TSA PreCheck™ style clearance. They will be directed to blood test collection centers in their areas, with results then reported straight to the app. The level of antibodies in a person's system will determine their "pre-clearance" status, with a COVID PreCheck QR code, which can then be shown to employers in order to help speed their return to work.
Read MoreATP players can choose from a variety of 4,000 courses across business, technology, data science, personal development, and mental well-being, learning new skills that will serve them throughout their playing and non-playing careers, delivered by the world’s top university educators such as Imperial College London or the University of Pennsylvania.
Read MoreThis project, carried out by the organisers of Vilnius International Film Festival, is a sign of support to both the aviation and movie industries, which are going through difficult times as a result of the restrictions caused by the pandemic.
Read MoreDue to COVID restrictions and closed restaurants, Kevin Hooper, a food runner at Haberdish, was out of work. He decided to take time for his other passion, photography and photographed 18 subjects for a portrait series telling the story of Charlotteans from different industries and different neighbourhoods during this pandemic.
Read MoreRenate Overhorst lives on the Amstelvlietstraat in Oost and wrote a letter to her neighbours informing them that they can hire her as a street sommelier. Neighbourhood residents can choose between three boxes, each with its own theme, such as the theme of spring wines. When clients inform Renate what they are going to eat, she looks for a suitable wine to go with it.
Read MoreAt Winston Knoll Collegiate, the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Program’s (DHH) students struggle to adapt to the new learning methods. The teachers decided to launch a project of creating an ASL (American Sign Language) music video, combining lyric interpretation with performance and expression.
Read MoreThe device, called the Safedistance, was previously used for monitoring vibration when using power tools. It has been reprogrammed to alert workers if they have broken the two-metre social distancing regulations, using Bluetooth.
Read MoreThe Daily Mail and General Trust are offering £3m worth of free advertising to small businesses who are struggling during COVID. The initiative opens for applications on May 13 and is run in partnership with the Federation of Small Businesses.
Read MoreThis platform allows users, without prior registration, to contact shops and restaurants nearby through WhatsApp, Telegram and Facebook Messenger, to order food or groceries and support the local economy.
Read MoreCustomers in Ireland can now send a message to Lidl through the messaging app telling the chatbot the day and time they intend to visit, the chatbot will then inform them if this is generally a quiet, average or busy time to visit using real-time and customer transaction data.
Read MoreAs many travel and adventure businesses and their employees are suffering during COVID, from kayaking to food tours to mountain biking and more, this initiative enables people to buy gift cards to support them, and to spread the word with the hashtag ‘I will travel again.’
Read MoreWhen IKEA’s FRAKTA shopping bag became a fashion phenomenon in 2017, Zhijun Wang, also known for his sneaker masks, designed a DIY pollution mask out of it. Since then, the designer has created alternative versions using materials like italian supermarket Esselunga’s yellow bag, and even released a youtube tutorial to help people in need make their own masks during COVID.
Read MoreThe StoDistante installation, which uses white squares painted in a grid-like format on the square ground, has been implemented in Piazza Giotto, located in the town of Vicchio near Florence, Italy. The square markers act as visual representations of the distance people should keep from each other during COVID.
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