Computers, programming and robotics provide ideal platforms to enable children to learn through experimentation and play. But access to tech is unequal.

Ravi Kumar S. 17 May 2020

COVID-19

Self-driving cars in the U.S. are delivering supplies – and gathering data – during COVID-19

Driverless cars, from Toyota, General Motors Co and Beep, are collecting data and testing their products by using them to assist with contact-free deliveries.

Jane Lanhee Lee and Nathan Frandino · Reuters 01 May 2020

COVID-19

10 technology trends to watch in the COVID-19 pandemic

The coronavirus demonstrates the importance of – and the challenges associated with – new technologies like digital payments, telehealth and robotics.

Yan Xiao and Ziyang Fan 27 Apr 2020

COVID-19

The 4 key questions policymakers should ask COVID-19 modelers

Decision makers are relying on coronavirus forecasts to shape policy, so it's vital they ask how projections were made, write two scientists. Here are four key questions.

Afreen Siddiqi and Kaveri Iychettira · Project Syndicate 24 Apr 2020

COVID-19

Racing to save lives: How Mercedes F1 developed a lifesaving COVID-19 breathing aid

Engineers from UCL and Mercedes-AMG HPP teamed up to create a device to support coronavirus patients' breathing. Here's how they did it.

Clare Elwell · The Conversation 23 Apr 2020

Artificial Intelligence and Robotics

What is Strategic Intelligence and how can it help to inform your audience?

Last year, the World Economic Forum launched its Strategic Intelligence digital tool - and now there's a widget to help companies inform their audience.

Jim Marshall · Medium 23 Apr 2020

COVID-19

Here's the neuroscience of loneliness, and why technology can help

As a result of social distancing measures, more people than ever before are experiencing feelings of loneliness, but technology can help.

Anna Henschel and Emily S. Cross · The Conversation 22 Apr 2020

COVID-19

This is how COVID-19 is changing the nature of grief

Families are struggling to say goodbye to their loved ones in hospital. From funerals in isolation to grieving alone, this is how bereavement has changed in the time of coronavirus.

Lucy Selman · The Conversation 21 Apr 2020

COVID-19

New MIT machine learning model shows relaxing lockdowns will spike COVID-19 cases

Using publicly available data, MIT have used machine learning to model what relaxing global lockdown rules could do to COVID-19 cases.

Darrell Etherington · TechCrunch 21 Apr 2020

COVID-19

How to create a trustworthy COVID-19 tracking technology

Tracking technologies could help monitor the spread of coronavirus, yet they also raise privacy questions. Here are four ways to ensure responsible use.

Sébastien Louradour 20 Apr 2020

COVID-19

Coronavirus: Online dating has seen a surge in activity in India since the lockdown

Since India went into lockdown in March to tackle COVID-19, there's been a 26% increase on conversations of the platform OkCupid.

Manavi Kapur · Quartz 17 Apr 2020

COVID-19

This is how smart city technology can be used to tell if social distancing is working

Researchers from the University of Newcastle have developed an urban data dashboard to understand if social distancing is being followed - and effective.

Ronnie Das and Philip James · The Conversation 17 Apr 2020

COVID-19

Coronavirus: Can online courses teach us how to be happy during lockdown?

With almost half of the world’s population now isolating, people are heading online to find courses and resources that could make a difference to their mental health.

Darren Thackeray 16 Apr 2020

Workforce and Employment

Why remote working doesn't have to mean alienated employees

The coronavirus-enforced experiment in distributed workforces could succeed if we remember to put in place a culture of continuous and empathetic feedback

Shelley Osborne 15 Apr 2020

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