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.
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.
Using population maps to tackle disease outbreaks and plan public health campaigns
Artificial Intelligence can be used to create disease prevention maps. They provide information on where outbreaks may occur and the potential spread of disease.
Giving public space to bars and cafes
To support local businesses, the city of Vilnius allocates public space to bars and cafés so they can operate despite physical distancing rules.
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,
“Emergency” marketing package for businesses
The emergency package helps businesses quickly retune their sales processes, change priorities and communication strategy, and minimise financial losses.
Activating the tech community to solve Covid-19-related challenges
Bringing together tech communities and doctors, nurses and all operators involved, an Italian initiative aims to collect a selection of resources, technologies, intelligent machines and robots to tackle the effects of Covid-19.
Covid-19 tech competition
A funding competition invites the best tech innovators to contribute solutions to problems posed by Covid-19.
Automatically opening and closing doors in public transport
To reduce the risk of infection, passengers no longer have to touch the door openers of metros, trams, and buses.
Educational materials for children
An Italian initiative publishes educational materials for parents and teachers to explain children what coronavirus is and how it affects our lives.
Using robots to disinfect hospitals
UVD robots can be used to disinfect contaminated hospital rooms.
Voluntary quarantine to ensure energy security
Essential specialists at an Austrian energy company went into voluntary quarantine to be ready to take over from sick colleagues.
A Facebook messenger chatbot to combat Covid-19 misinformation
To better inform the world about Covid-19, the WHO has launched a Facebook Messenger chatbot to offer instant and accurate information about the disease.