John Hopkins University has been tracking the spread of COVID-19 since its early days, making that information available to the public, even before the first small dots appeared in the U.S. on its map. Now, the U.S. is by far the unfortunate leader in confirmed cases, up to almost 1.7 million today. Even as that […]
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SHELTON, CT – May 27, 2020 In response to COVID-19, potentially the most significant crisis of the modern era, TMC has launched the Pandemic Tech Alliance. The Pandemic Tech Alliance represents companies who make solutions involved in testing, contact tracing, social distancing, health care, vaccines, treatments, smart cities, intelligent buildings, communications and more. The Pandemic […]
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Carol Massar and Jason Kelly had a Bloomberg podcast with Tom Siebel, the serial entrepreneur behind Siebel Systems, the CRM juggernaut of the 1990s and C3.ai. We covered Tom most recently in an article about C3.ai and it’s focus on IoT and machine learning. Now the company has a grander mission – helping with the […]
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As the world continues to battle COVID-19, which has infected more than 5 million people globally and resulted in more than 300,000 deaths, governments, healthcare organizations, and businesses are formulating new strategies for containing the virus. Ultimately, the idea is the be able to lift many of the restrictions that have kept people at home […]
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EnGenius Technologies Inc. is a global multinational wireless networking company announced contact tracking within their Client Timeline feature in the EnGenius Cloud platform. The new feature will provide the ability to identify surrounding client devices to assist in scenarios such as COVID-19 over Wi-Fi. In other recent news, the company has developed a scalable Wi-Fi solution […]
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Vayyar Imaging, a leader in 4D imaging sensor technology and Meditemi (JV of Ogawa and Medisana) a pioneer in robotic healthcare solutions, have partnered to create a more intelligent care robot that provides a range of remote monitoring capabilities, including early detection of COVID-19 symptoms, and alerts for health deterioration and falls. The solution outfits Meditemi’s health robots […]
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To reduce the chance of transmitting a virus between restaurant workers and guests, disposable menus have become the norm. Thanks to pandemic tech, there is an even better way to allow guests to see and order food. TOURtech, a leader in providing innovative IT solutions, unveiled its Touchless Menu technology, which broadcasts digital menus onto […]
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After more than two months of lockdown, many businesses are starting to bring workers back into their workplaces. Each government has set its own standards for how this can happen, but the objective remains the same: How do you open businesses while continuing to contain the COVID-19 virus? One of the big areas of concern, […]
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Two weeks ago we told you the twelve steps needed for a socially distanced concert and now the Travis McCready concert has taken place in Arkansas, this past Friday, May 15th at TempleLive (TL) Fort Smith. These were the steps: No Elevator: Balcony only accessible by stairs. Reduced capacity: 80% less people; from 1,100 to 229. Sanitization: Venue […]
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The good news is workers across the country are slowly starting to return to workplaces after spending the past two months at home. The bad news is COVID-19 is nowhere near gone and many are predicting a second wave of outbreaks, making it crucial that businesses and consumers strictly follow government safety guidelines. For businesses, […]
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With states implementing various phased plans for re-opening businesses and re-started economies that have struggles mightily for the past two months, company leaders are carefully evaluating their capacity for bringing employees back to their workplaces. For some, the logical decision is to continue teleworking strategies that have enabled them to function effectively during the COVID-19 […]
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With the U.S. now well into its third month of business closures and distancing mandate, the question becomes when and how to re-open businesses and allow people to resume their normal activities – and to what extent should those activities be allowed. While many tech companies are dumping resources into monitoring and tracking technologies, the […]
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As more and more states start implementing plans for opening up businesses that have been closed for two months, there are many questions about how to effectively manage COVID-19 once restrictions are reduced or eliminated. While the spread seems to be slowing, many wonder if it’s too soon to start returning to more normal conditions. […]
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By Thomas B. Cross Executive Director Member Services, Pandemic Tech Alliance Superspreaders or super spreading is means of mass transmission of viruses to large groups of people from individuals or groups such as church choirs, night clubs and places indoors. Our research focuses on indoors as outdoor transmission by many researchers is either incomplete or […]
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Companies to be recognized for their tech solutions contributing to managing and overcoming pandemic outbreaks Shelton, CT May 13, 2020 — TMC, a global, integrated media company helping clients build communities in print, in person, and online, today announced a new recognition program to highlight technology companies developing solutions to help overcome the impact of […]
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By Dustin Boutet, Director of Innovation Consulting at EPAM Continuum We’re steadying ourselves to unlock our economy and walk back into our social lives. As we make that journey, what kind of assurances will we need to feel confident in our new circumstances? Will we build a system of invasive and intrusive health tracking, or […]
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At this point, I can say I know far more about personal protective equipment (PPE) than I ever would have imagined. The COVID-19 world is offering new perspective, and as humanity comes together ecommerce is playing a pivotal role in navigating the global climate and provide necessary resources. Alibba.com announced that it is working to […]
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Telehealth has proven to be crucial during the Covid-19 pandemic – allowing social distancing to take place while patients are cared for. Now, Google is providing Nest cameras to hospitals such as Mount Sinai to allow for patient care without both healthcare workers and patients required to be in close proximity. With the Nest consoles […]
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Smart Glasses and Augmented Reality (AR) technology and products company Vuzix announced that another leading hospital’s team of doctors is successfully using the Vuzix M400 Smart Glasses to facilitate patient care. Johns Hopkins Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Drs. Nicholas Dalesio and Laeben Lester introduced the Vuzix M400 Smart glasses on Twitter as part of a new […]
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Hot on the heels of its work with Google to embed Covid-19 contact tracing functionality into iOS, Apple is continuing its work to help get the world through this terrible pandemic. Cupertino is awarding $10 million from its Advanced Manufacturing Fund to COPAN Diagnostics, a market leader in sample collection kits that play a critical […]
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