Author: timbatchelder
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How B Lab thinks businesses could emerge better after COVID-19
“This is an opportunity for us to focus on both how business and government play a role in building a more resilient economic system for the next crisis.” Source: How B Lab thinks businesses could emerge better after COVID-19
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Covid-19 And Remote Conference Is Inspiring Technology For Good
An Interview with Molly Lavik, Founder of #AIShowBiz Summit and conference participants. Source: Covid-19 And Remote Conference Is Inspiring Technology For Good
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How One Company Is Using A.I. to Predict Panic Over Covid-19
The Coronavirus Panic Index applies artificial intelligence to human behavior in real time. Source: How One Company Is Using A.I. to Predict Panic Over Covid-19
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Redesigning homes for pandemics: a return to private rooms, rather than open spaces
One of the ironies of social distancing is that it can put privacy in short supply. Source: Finding Privacy During the Pandemic – The Atlantic
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Can low-cost, open-source ventilator designs help save lives?
An MIT team is racing to publish designs it hopes could help as the escalating pandemic strains supplies of the machines. Source: Can low-cost, open-source ventilator designs help save lives? – MIT Technology Review
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How Coronavirus Is Going To Change Education Forever
Is online education just a substitute for online teaching, or are we already at a point where it could be considered comparable or even a better experience? If we think the present situation is exceptional and that, after quarantine, everything will return to how it was before, I think we are wrong. Source: How Coronavirus…
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Coronavirus is chance to show value of remote work
While much of the news is scary, I’ve found a silver thread of hope in this pandemic: What if this is our chance to prove remote work, well, works? Source: Coronavirus is chance to show value of remote work
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How Estonia is Better Handling a Pandemic using Startup, Hacker Culture
Estonians are not only effectively handling the coronavirus pandemic—they are also facing the world in which we will live after it’s over. Source: Why Estonia Was Poised to Handle How a Pandemic Would Change Everything | The New Yorker
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Tableau makes Johns Hopkins coronavirus data available for the rest of us
Tableau takes Hopkins’ COVID-19 data, preps it and makes it available to all interested parties, in dashboard, Tableau data set, Google Sheet and CSV formats. Source: Tableau makes Johns Hopkins coronavirus data available for the rest of us | ZDNet
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China’s coronavirus lockdown curbs pollution, saving the lives of tens of thousands
The drastic measures enforced by China during the coronavirus outbreak have slashed deadly air pollution, potentially saving the lives of tens of thousands of people, a Stanford University researcher said. Source: China’s coronavirus lockdown curbs deadly pollution, likely saving the lives of tens of thousands, says researcher – CNN
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Animals Roam Freely In Italian Cities With Humans In Lockdown
Animals roam the deserted cities In Italy as much-reduced traffic and human activity due to quarantine measures causes pollution levels to drop. Source: Animals Roam Freely In Italian Cities With Humans In Lockdown
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Crowdsourcing old ethnobotanically sourced drugs such as Chloroquine to fight Covid-19
The old malaria drug is getting used against the coronavirus. Tech enthusiasts are abuzz. One missing step: clinical trials. Source: Chloroquine May Fight Covid-19—and Silicon Valley’s Into It | WIRED
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