The global pandemic has seen an unprecedented change to the way that people live, work, socialize as well as entertain themselves, to say nothing of the millions whose health has been influenced as well as who have unfortunately lost their lives. Although, as unlucky as situation have been, for majority of the part they would have been a ton worse were it not for progress in contemporary technology.
For example, the internet, as well as changes in the pattern of work, mean that many more people can now work online from home, rather than have to travel to offices as well as factories. Indeed, it is arguable that even after the pandemic has subsided, employers as well as employees will recognise the cost as well as mental health benefits of stay at home employment.
Technology can predict infection
Although the data is currently limited, researchers from Stanford Medicine want to use wearable tech devices to predict viral infection through data sent to the cloud. In a new partnership, researchers want to use smartwatch data to measure heart rate as well as skin temperature to identify when someone might be fighting off a virus. Their ultimate goal is to curb the spread of viral infections like COVID-19.
In 2017, an algorithm was created to detect infection using data from a change in heart rate from a smartwatch. One study in particular showed that heart rate variation patterns can indicate illness even when the individual is asymptomatic.
The researchers are currently looking for study participants. Researchers acknowledge that an elevated heart rate isn’t always a sign of infection, but want to investigate to see if they can sort out the different causes.
Airport as well as other travel technology
The benefit to having our electronic travel systems pushed to the limit is that if something is going to break, it will break much sooner when the system is under stress. If there are problems in the system, we’ll become aware of these issues quickly.
Since we’re in a time when our travel systems can’t afford to be down for long, it’s almost guaranteed that issues will be swiftly dealt with whether it’s a software issue or a coordination problem. When issues arise outside of an urgent situation, they often go unresolved as well as cause even more problems.
The need to manage travel safely as well as efficiently in a post-pandemic world will ensure that all issues will be handled promptly.
Software programs can sift through medical studies
There are currently more than 45,000 medical studies available as part of the White House’s COVID-19 data hub known as CORD-19. This data hub is considered “the most extensive collection of machine readable coronavirus literature to date.”
There is an open invitation for AI researchers to sift through the data to gain unique insights about the incubation, treatment, symptoms, as well as prevention of the disease.
The sheer volume of data available is too much for humans to sort through page-by-page. Using AI as well as machine learning algorithms to identify key pieces of data will bring faster understanding to the whole situation.
To sum it up
With technology, the sky really is the limit. Every new technological advance has the potential to improve the way we respond to as well as fight this coronavirus outbreak.
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