Health & Wellbeing
CORONAVIRUS APP WARNS OF PROXIMITY TO THOSE AT RISK
The app can alert users when they have crossed paths with someone who has tested positive for COVID-19.
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Computing & Tech
Single-use electronic wearables made from fish scales
Specifically designed as a plastic replacement, the biowaste-based material is soft, translucent and biodegradable.
Health & Wellbeing
Smart street signs keeping communities connected during COVID-19 crisis
The Boston area is prioritising official city announcements on its signs and has opened its platform to small businesses and individuals.
Health & Wellbeing
3D-printed ventilator valves help save coronavirus patients
A shortage of ventilator valves in Italy during the COVID-19 outbreak led to 3D-printed replacements.
Advertising & Marketing
Personalised ad format uses proximity-based push notifications
A French ad tech company developed a method for brands to push notifications to shoppers on-the-go.
Arts & Entertainment
A smart, book-shaped speaker for the visually impaired
The speaker combines the gestures one makes when reading a book with braille, allowing users to enjoy their music independently.
Health & Wellbeing
ECG smartwatch will measure COVID-19 infection rates
A Cambridge-based manufacturer has invented a hand-to-hand smartwatch to collect crowd-sourced open data of pre and post COVID-19 infection rates.
Fashion & Beauty
AI-powered platform provides traceability in the fashion industry
ViJi enables businesses to trace the sustainability of their production and design chain while providing transparency information to consumers.
Computing & Tech
Wearable jams microphones in smart devices
Scientists at the University of Chicago have created a wearable device that emits white noise to jam smart speakers.
Food & Drink
French app combats food waste through community and information
Meal Canteen arranges the planning of meals and offers nutritional information to reduce food waste in communal eating environments.
Fashion & Beauty
Makeup app allows users to try on runway trends
Beauty trends from New York Fashion Week are recreated as virtual makeup looks for fans to try on via AI.
Science
AI-solutions company creates bioreactors to optimise algae growth and carbon sequestration
The bioreactors are 400 per cent more effective at absorbing CO2 than trees and are designed to be hooked up to large polluters.