Indian startup AyuSynk’s smart stethoscope could prove useful during the Covid-19 pandemic as standard ones could place the doctor in danger of infection along with providing impaired information on heart and lung conditions. The device can be attached to a conventional stethoscope and...
The coronavirus pandemic has given a major boost to video conferencing platform Zoom, however recent concerns over its security and privacy flaws has given it some bad press. Now, according to a report by Buzzfeed News, Google has sent out an email to employees informing employees about security...
Google Maps will now show the locations of food shelters and night shelters in 30 cities across India to help people find and access these essential services during the lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic. Users can search for ‘Food shelters in ‘ or ‘Night shelters in ‘...
Cambridge University and Carnegie Mellon are running independent initiatives to develop apps that can listen to users’ coughs and voice to predict whether they are infected with the coronavirus. Both the Cambridge University’s COVID-19 Sounds Project and Carnegie Mellon’s Covid...
Many universities around the world have canceled their graduation ceremonies due to the coronavirus pandemic, however the Business Breakthrough University in Tokyo managed to go ahead with it in a unique manner – with the help of robots and students connecting via video. The robots were...
To tackle the privacy concerns around apps designed to trace and track COVID-19 patients and contacts, the creators of RSA encryption – Ron Rivest and Adi Shamir – and others have launched a new system that would help alert people if they’ve been around infected patients without...
The Central government has put out a notice that the Bengaluru based startup Bione’s self-test kit for coronavirus has not been approved. Previously, a number of media outlets had reported about the kit and said that it would revolutionize the testing process. The Drugs Comptroller of India...
IIT Roorkee has developed a mobile tracking application that can track COVID-19 suspects who have been quarantined through geofencing technology. In case GPS data is not received, the location will be determined based on triangulation of mobile towers. If the Internet is not available, the location...
Drones are now being used by the Hyderabad Police & Ahmedabad Police to assist in the implementation of the Coronavirus lockdown and to track violators. The technology is also enabling police to make lockdown-related announcements and direct ground forces in congested areas as well. The drones...
