COVID-19 Technology Solutions Scan

Below my scan of various technology-based solutions and initiatives emerged / adapted in the fight against the #COVID19. From an AI tool that helps people who were exposed figuring out their best course of action to in-vitro diagnostic kits, funding / accelerators, list of vaccines under development and a cool crowd-sourced map which fights #CoronaVirus shortage supply (such as 🧻). Plus summary of events and some interesting business experts thoughts. There is a lot going on, worth checking out what others have done, learn, plan and innovate.

For a more compact overview. this is the link to the xls version:
https://bit.ly/2wV7Bdl.

A. COVID-19 Technology & products

1. Under the skin sensor
2. Real-time fever tracking
3. Wearable, wireless and continuous body thermometer
4. Virtual care conversation to help people stay informed about the new coronavirus
5. A virtual town hall to address anxiety, depression and other mental health challenges among people being held at a national quarantine center
6. AI-based COVID-19 symptom assessment
7. Telemedicine technology: Remote care modalities, in-home video visits  
8. Intelligent Nutrition Assistant for cancer patients suffering of COVID-19
9. Remote examination device (I want ONE!!!)
10. Corona remote care platform
11. Commercial coronavirus test kits
12. Kit to detect coronavirus within an hour
13. Portable, battery-powered scan device that can detect COVID-19 infection in just 30 minutes
14. (SO COOL!) Crowdsourced map fights coronavirus shortage supply
15. In-vitro diagnostic kit
16. Cough replicator to help COVID-19 patients
17. Two-way, automated dialogue between any patient device and any clinician software with no app
18. Code4Romania Coronavirus Taskforce: multiple solutions under development for transparency & public information
19. Google DeepMind: AI to help scientists understand coronavirus
20. (CREATIVE!) N95 masks with faces that allow phone facial recognition
21. Antiviral soap for automatic hand washing microstations
22. Quarantine and isolation monitoring to assist governments (does not mention the Romanian gvmt)
23. COVID-19 diagnostic based on MIT technology
24. COVID-19 Screening App
25. AI imaging evaluation system for COVID-19 (intelligent diagnosis and quantitative evaluation of CT images of COVID-19)
26. Coronavirus assessment tool
27. MayaMD.AI tool that helps people who were exposed or potentially exposed to the coronavirus figure out their best course of action
28. Online app that tracks the relationships between the reported cases of coronavirus infections (Romania) – Who infected who
29. Open source project to build an app for reporting and sharing symptoms, and performing automatic real-time contact matching and tracing at scale
30. Alibaba’s new AI system can detect coronavirus in seconds with 96% accuracy
31. Paper device could bring portable coronavirus detection
32. 3D printing valves and emergency ventilation masks for Coronavirus patients

B. Solutions Platforms / Accelerators

1. Open-source medical devices for COVID-19 project
2. COVID-19 Therapeutics Accelerator by Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation & Mastercard
3. Spanish platform aggregating tech solutions for fighting the pandemic
4. EU Funding for COVID-19 solutions
5. Romanian platform for 24 Hours Challenge
6. Fighting CoronaVirus with TechData – aggregator of solutions & projects
7. Online puzzle game for crowdsourcing CoronaVirus treatment
8. Nvidia call for gaming PC owners to put their systems at work against COVID-19
9. Community collaboration and engagement tool example
10. COVID-19 Hotline for medical staff recruitment
11. Platform where you can build a journal of contacts and get an instant notification when someone in your circle is a confirmed COVID-19 case
12. Coronavirus Prevention Handbook by Jack Ma foundation
13. Overview of hackathons tackling the crisis

C. Online events

• Singularity University COVID-19 Virtual Summit: The State & Future of Pandemics
• ExO World: Exponential Organization community digital conference
• ExO Online workshop with global audience for creative COVID-19 solutions that can be implemented globally in a fast way – based on the ExO methodology
• TEDConnects: community & hope talks (incl. interview with Bill Gates on COVID-19)

D. Future of Business thoughts

• McKinsey – COVID-19: Implications for business
• How Futurists Cope With Uncertainty
• HBR
• Deloitte: COVID-19: Navigating volatility and distress
• Facebook: Business Resource Hub
• Learning from peers: COVID-19 Chinese massive surveillance strategy

E. Sundry

Coronavirus Test Tracker: Commercially Available COVID-19 Tests – list of approved producers

A detailed guide to the coronavirus drugs and vaccines in development

A simulation model called VirSim was developed to aid pandemic policy making in Sweden

Resources for Doctors treating COVID-19 patients

COVID-19 Manifesto: #StayTheFuckHome, and now #StayTheFuckHome Bar

And last, but not least, a CoronaVirus Child-Friendly explanation guide (various languages available). I will keep updating it with relevant info.

Stay safe and spread this instead! 😉

Trends Learning Journeys

We grasp better #Consumer Trends if we also manage to directly experience the innovative concepts that drive these trends. This is why we organise Trends Learning Journeys for our clients. See it as an immersion into the futuristic side of our present!

The journey has a mixed approach, we share trends lecture, overview of exponential changes, and we do hands-on work on understanding trends and their level of impact. But the cherry on top of such a journey is the exposure to ‘trends-in-action’, i.e. field visits to relevant innovations and concepts from companies that have tapped on a trend and covert it into a business opportunity, plus connection and engagement with the founders / representatives behind these concepts.

During these journeys we interactively approach questions such as: How can we better understand the consumer of tomorrow++?, How do we want them to feel during an experience with our products / services?, How can we be trends setters? How can we cater for the upcoming expectations of our clients?.

These journeys could take place in Bucharest, Amsterdam, Berlin, Prague, Stockholm, etc. Concepts and locations are chosen depending on clients’ needs, industry, disruption appetite, budget, etc… We aim to inspire our clients and show them concepts that are shaping the future of their industry or are disrupting other industries. Think of the story behind:

• a department store with themed pop-ups in constant renewal, just like a lifestyle magazine
• or a maker space, co-working office, events space, all in one in a redesigned old factory
• or a restaurant serving unique dished made out of food surplus
• or a robot operated wine bar
• or a hub for blockchain enthusiasts where access is done only based on cryptocurrency

and ask herself: This is happening! If my clients will be visiting these concepts or hear of them, what might they want from the experience with my own products / services? What’s next and how can we get there first? What is my #futureStation?;)

Just like William Gibson said: ‘The future is already here — it’s just not very evenly distributed‘. Thus, if you want to upskill your team, gain new insights and shape your future strategy and your innovation portfolio, Trends Learning Journeys could be the option. If you are interested in more details, just contact us.