How to protect businesses and employees during the crisis. How to optimise working from home. Ideas, services and technology that make our tasks easier in these extreme circumstances.
Government funding competition for businesses
By fast-tracking innovation, the UK government aims to become better placed to maintain employment levels and make the UK more resilient to similar disruptions.
Social distancing stickers in supermarkets
Stickers on the floors of supermarkets are telling customers to stand in line with distance between each other.
Spending a virtual night out in a wine bar
To provide customers with the possibility to spend time in a restaurant at least virtually, a restaurant organises a virtual night out via Zoom every other evening.
Covid-19 tech competition
A funding competition invites the best tech innovators to contribute solutions to problems posed by Covid-19.
A marketing grant scheme for food, drink and horticulture businesses
The Irish Food Board set up a special grant to support the marketing and sales initiatives of the Irish food and horticulture industry.
3D printing valves for reanimation devices
When parts for reanimation devices can not be delivered through the usual production chains, 3D printing can be an alternative.
Car producer offers support to produce medical equipment
Scania sent production and logistics personnel to a medical technology company to help speed up its production and improve logistics.
Virtual Facilitation Toolkit
A toolkit for virtual meeting facilitation supports moderators and facilitators in making the most of online formats.
Hotel delivers food to senior citizens
According to the recommendations of the health authorities, the elderly should not leave their homes to minimise the risk of infection with Covid-19. That is why the InterContinental Hotel started a special food delivery campaign.
3D printing door openers
To prevent the transmission of Covid-19, a 3D printer plan for innovative door openers is provided. The transmission of Infectious diseases is not only a matter of personal interaction. To prevent the spread of Covid-19
Providing hospitals and frontline medical staff with necessary equipment
To provide hospitals with missing equipment, an initiative crowdsources necessary materials such as masks and visors.
Children’s university goes online
The children’s university in Vienna has started an online programme with scientists explaining their work to children in short videos.