“We have built a contact tracing application to ensure our employees’ safety. Our mission with the app is to track high-risk and asymptomatic people so that they can be tested for the disease on priority,” said Sid Pandey, the CEO of Successive Technologies. The underlying principle of this app is that if two mobile phones can connect to […]
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As office buildings and other facilities continue to re-open after three months of lockdown, business owners and building managers have had to follow a series of health and safety protocols before allowing people in. Countless hardware and software vendors have released products to help companies comply with new requirements that will likely be in place […]
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Corona Radar by German-Swiss entrepreneur Bert Neckermann is a new app to help people protect themselves from infection with Covid-19. The app shows – in real-time – nearby persons and their risk status on a kind of radar screen. It is GPS-based, covering a radius of 3 to about 200 meters. The app works 100% […]
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By, Stefano Gridelli, CEO & Co-founder, NetBeez A 2020 Dice survey of tech workers found roughly 53% preferred to work from home. Participants included employees of some of the world’s most admired technology companies, from Apple and Google to Microsoft. Many pundits are already speculating that remote work will become even more popular, not because […]
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During the past three months, the tech community has quickly come to the aid in the battle against COVID-19. Many have provided solutions to enable companies to rapidly adopt teleworking. Others have created solutions to help ensure workplace safety. Some have focused specifically on frontline workers, like Off Their Plate, a relief organization launched by […]
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After three months of COVID-19 lockdowns, businesses are slowly starting to open their doors and allow employees back into facilities. While many companies are able to continue operating in a remote capacity, others need workers on-site. At the very least, those companies need to follow a number of health and safety guidelines, which involve capacity […]
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Together, the international IT company Avenga and Accu Reference Medical Lab have built a solution, which enables employees entering their workplaces to show in an instant that they are not infected with COVID-19. The quick non-intrusive check allows them to get back to work safely, as well as to a normal social life. To make […]
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The lockdowns that were put in place across the world in March caused significant challenges for millions of businesses created an opportunity for many tech companies. Most immediately, vendors with cloud-based communications and other business solutions had an immediate opportunity to help companies transition to remote working, literally overnight. Judging from the increase in usage […]
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LiteSheet Solutions launched an LED UV-C sanitizing cabinet that is designed to decontaminate potentially deadly bacteria and viruses, like the COVID19 virus. “By harnessing the power of UV-C light, we are able to kill 99.99% of viruses and bacteria, including the deadly COVID19 virus that is currently causing health and safety concerns globally,” said Roger […]
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Dynamic route optimization company, Route4Me has partnered with The Red Cross of Rome, Italy to provide its last-mile route optimization platform to support their fight against Covid-19. At the moment, the Italian Red Cross, branch of Rome, is handling over 6,000 requests for food aid for the Municipality of Rome, received by the toll free […]
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The world has changed dramatically over the past three months – much more than most people expected it would. Many of these changes were bound to happen anyway, but COVID-19 pushed the tech sector into hyperdrive to deliver solutions that would enable a rapid transition to teleworking, faster testing, contact tracing, safe re-opening, better workplace […]
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It was just over a month ago when we broke the news DocClocker has an application with a solution to social distancing in doctor’s office waiting rooms. The company already has an upgrade – showing the rapid pace of innovation in the pandemic tech world. The medical wait-time reporting app that was founded and is […]
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The elevator is one of the most important areas of focus as people return to workplaces, hotels, casinos, etc. Social distancing can be an issue when many people are packing themselves into a small metal box. This is why thyssenkrupp Elevator is utilizing pandemic tech for healthier workplaces. The company is offering social distancing services […]
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The pandemic tech space is growing rapidly and just today it was revealed Amazon is using Augmented Reality to keep workers safe. By drawing virtual lines around workers, they are able to keep a safe space between each other as they social distance. In addition, on our sister site, Industrial IoT News, Ken Briodagh broke […]
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More than 8 million confirmed cases. Three months of lockdowns and remote working. Phased re-openings with new health and safety protocols. It’s been a crazy 2020 thanks to the global spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus, and by all estimates, it’s not close to being over. Still, the general consensus is we can’t keep people at […]
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As more and more businesses re-open their physical locations after three months of being closed, health and safety should be top of mind for management and employees. Quite simply, after having to deal with an unprecedented shutdown of nearly all activities, it’s in everyone’s best interest to avoid playing a role in continued spreading of […]
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As the coronavirus pandemic continues to have a devastating impact on America’s small business community, Tribe, a tech company helping empower consumer spending, today launched a new, free tech tool specifically designed to aid and support small businesses across the country. Tribe’s Small Business Browser Extension is a free tool helping consumers easily identify products […]
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For three months, people have been unable to participate in most of their normal activities – at least the way they’re used to them. Everything from working to shopping to dining to entertainment has all changed. Now, as restrictions are being loosened, some facilities are able to operate in some capacity, while others are still […]
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For the past three months, millions of companies have been working entirely remotely, having been pushed into a remote capacity due to the global COVID-19 pandemic. Some were able to adjust very quickly, while others had to adopt new technologies to enable workers to be productive. Now that governments are starting to slowly life restrictions […]
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Covid-19 liability waivers are the hottest topic in sports these days as parents take their kids to soccer and baseball games which have resumed in many states. They are also being used at campaign rallies and elsewhere. By the way, A search for the term Covid-19 liability waivers brings up a surprising number of results […]
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