The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the face of the world and transformed our lives forever. Technology has not failed in the face of this transformation.
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The pandemic has stimulated technological innovation and we have witnessed the production of an anthology of effective technical solutions deployed to deal with the pandemic.
Can we say that the COVID-19 pandemic had a positive impact on the development and stimulation of technological innovations, particularly those relating to the fight against COVID 19?
Dear Omar Your question is very timely. I think so. The pandemic at the beginning of 2020 caused some chaos and a lot of uncertainty, but over time the international community developed countermeasures and private business responded extremely quickly to new needs related to household isolation and education and remote work technologies. So, in addition to new vaccines and drugs for different types of covid, we have new products, for example, air purifiers that kill viruses, many types of modern virus detection tests, new applications for smartphones and computers for ordering and buying all goods remotely. Gastronomy, services with the delivery of meals to homes and companies have developed on an unprecedented scale before the pandemic. To sum up, the pandemic has caused technological and organizational progress (new ways of working and solving problems) in many industries, in particular in services for consumers and enterprises. Best regards
Absolutely, Tech solutions have played a major role in curbing the spread of the pandemic. I recall at the initial stages of the global spread of the virus around February 2020 CNN highlighted a young man (about 11 years old) who had developed a web solution that aggregates human infection figures globally,and projects them country by country on a dashboard. This made it easy for the public to track the spread of the virus on a daily bases. I beleive Coca-cola offered him $30 Million for adverts on the site.
Although COVID-19 has been a greater threat to the globe. However, its unintended consequences that are beneficial to the world cannot be overlooked. I am of the opinion that COVID-19 had a positive impact on the development and stimulation of technological innovations.
Citing a few examples:
Telehealth as a response to no hospital beds, congestion, and long waiting time at the hospital due to high admitted COVID-cases
Robot deliveries like Zipline medical drones collecting and distributing blood samples to enhance covid 19 testing capacity. Other robots too delivered food and toiletries to patients.
Online meeting apps like zoom, google meet, and the like, as a response to limited physical gatherings to control the disease spread.
Voting by mail which took place in the US
Embedded financial technology that was used by banks, restaurants, transport companies, and insurance companies
Digital wallet was on a rise, especially in developing countries
Mental fitness apps
streaming services
Lastly, cybersecurity gained prominence in response to addressing security measures of COVID-19-related technology development and innovations.
COVID-19 pandemic had a positive impact on the development and stimulation of technological innovations
Covid 19 brought many negative things, but it forced us to reinvent ourselves, to update ourselves, to organize our time better, but above all to use a lot of equipment and technology as tools to be able to work in a different and efficient way, looking for efficiency in this new reality.
Yes it brought positive impact on development of technologies. Because of the pandemic , we learnt that doing everything is possible without face-to-face contacts. Deffrent meeting virtually , courses are given online...
You can find this paper which described the importance of medical robots in improving healthcare services, many examples described during COVID-19 pandemic
Conference Paper The Importance of Medical Robots in Improving Healthcare Services
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