A door handle capable of disinfecting itself has been launched by Swiss tech company Tweaq as a way to help businesses tackle the coronavirus pandemic. The handle integrates a peristaltic pump that brings disinfectant liquid from the casing to a sponge inside the ring around the door handle. Once the £400 handle is released by … Read more
The ongoing coronavirus pandemic is speeding up the pace of automation in the workplace, painting a mixed picture for future jobs, the World Economic Forum (WEF) has said. In its Future of Jobs Report 2020, the WEF found that 43 per cent of businesses surveyed said they would reduce their workforce due to technology integration. Although the … Read more
A face mask that comes with a built-in heated copper mesh that can inactivate viruses such as Covid-19 is being developed by MIT researchers. While N95 masks have already been shown to be effective at filtering out viruses and reducing the risk of infection, the heat mesh could take this level of protection one step … Read more
Clear understanding of the consequences of moving to sustainable technologies is needed if the billions planned to be spent on helping economies recovering from the current pandemic are to have lasting results. Across the globe, hopes are being pinned on development and investments in green technologies and sustainable solutions to fuel economic recovery from the … Read more
Global stimulus packages designed to get economies back on their feet after the shock delivered by the Covid-19 pandemic should in part be focused on measures to combat climate change, a group of researchers have said. More than $12tr (£9.3tr) has been pledged worldwide in such packages so far. This is around three times more … Read more
The first half of 2020 has seen the largest-ever drop in carbon emissions in a single year, with bigger falls than the financial crisis of 2008, the 1979 oil crisis and even World War II. An international team of researchers estimated that the world saw 8.8 per cent less carbon dioxide emitted in 2020 than … Read more
Technology’s failure to come up with a quick solution to Covid-19 reveals how organisations all over the world are nowhere near as digitally advanced as they thought they were. Not a single person alive was prepared for what 2020 has brought. Yet, while we may not have been able to predict coronavirus, we live in … Read more
One outcome of the pandemic has seen homegrown startups creating innovative digital solutions and platforms for customers to adapt to the ‘new normal’. E-commerce has had a big push during the lockdown. Riding high on this wave, tech startup Detel launched an electric bike in August. Described as the ‘Detel Easy EV’, the bike’s unique … Read more
Eighty-two per cent of people believe robots can support their mental health better than humans, according to a study by Oracle and HR research and advisory firm Workplace Intelligence. The Covid-19 pandemic has made 2020 one of the most stressful years in living memory, negatively affecting the mental health of many people, both at home … Read more
Malware Outbreak Coronavirus outbreak dashboards — like this one, created by John Hopkins University — have become an extremely useful way to keep track of how the deadly virus is spreading across the globe. But hackers are creating fake coronavirus maps to infect users with malware. Doppelganger Security researcher Shai Alfasi at Reason Labs discovered … Read more