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.
Cultural Survival Fund
To support artists who experience cancellations of their performances, a fund was made available for those in immediate need of support. Besides focusing on the primary effects in crises, one also has to tackle the
Keep in “Touch” App for doctors to keep everybody safe
Taking care of your health and watching your vital parameters is one of the most important tasks during this current crisis. Especially for vulnerable social groups with pre-existing conditions or other risk factors, this can
U:DO helps with applying for short-time work
An initiative, developed during the German hackathon “WirvsVirus”, helps with applying for short-time work.
A tracking project to obtain, organise and publish high-quality data
A team of more than 100 volunteer data-grabbers, journalists, scientists, visualisation specialists, designers, project managers, and many others help fill public health data gaps.
A pizza delivery robot
To prevent human-to-human contact, Domino’s Pizza in Hamburg is delivering its pizzas with an autonomous robot.
Restaurant cooks for helpers
After closing for customers, a gourmet restaurant cooks for crisis helpers.
Plexiglass screens to protect cashiers
Plexiglas screens serve as a physical barrier between cashiers and custormers in supermarkets.
Creating a transparent system of financing and providing assistance
An initiative set up the largest database of requests for medical facilities and retirement homes in Slovakia. Within one month of its founding, the initiative managed to provide protective equipment and devices worth 1.3 million EUR.
Supporting local and regional retailers in trouble
Register of small businesses encourages people to buy local in times of crisis. Times of crisis are often particularly hard on small businesses. As part of the necessary measures in fighting the current Covid-19 outbreak,
Designing new ventilators in only a few days to fight the pandemic
To tackle the short supply of medical equipment, businesses are stepping in to help governments.
An Innovation Map helps people to adapt to life during the COVID-19
A worldwide Innovation Map was launched to provide citizens with an overview of innovations helping to adapt to life during the coronavirus pandemic.
Virtual zoo visit
Live-streams of the animals allow people to visit the zoo virtually while staying isolated at home.