SIU professor who discovered U.S. variant tells Innovation & Tech Today “Time will Tell”
Research from Southern Illinois University Carbondale (SIU) has uncovered a new variant of the COVID-19 virus specific to the United States. According to the study, there is already a growing list of mutations in the United Kingdom and South...
The education system has faced some unusual challenges in 2020. As COVID-19 forced many schools to close their doors, 93% of school-aged children started engaging in some form of distance learning. For many school systems, this meant embracing technology, and Microsoft has taken note.
Challenges for the tech world skyrocketed in the face of a global pandemic. Computer power, health initiatives, artificial intelligence, and the like required a level of real-time innovation previously unprecedented. Here are five tech trends to keep an eye on in the coming year.
The pandemic has had many side effects on the global supply chain, causing severe disruptions many companies hadn’t ever experienced before. At the same time, consumer shopping patterns have changed drastically as we continue to see a reliance on online shopping and home delivery services. As we quickly approach the historically...
Research explores perspectives on e-waste and highlights that enterprises are increasingly addressing data security issues generated by additional devices to manage
New research launched today by Blancco Technology Group (LON: BLTG), the industry standard in data erasure and mobile device diagnostics, explores enterprise...
Advancements in telehealth have been on the rise for some time with increasing need as the pandemic puts strain on the traditional healthcare system; MedWand Solutions has revolutionized at-home care with their newest telemedicine kit.
As society becomes acclimated to the new normal that COVID-19 has forced upon us, individuals, organizations and industries are faced with new challenges as re-opening plans continue to move ahead. Though as we navigate the way forward for schools and universities, it’s essential that for those who choose to reopen, they do so safely.
Virtual teams are saving businesses all around the globe. Because of the pandemic, many employees have been forced to replace their offices with home ones. The transition brought many challenges and difficulties both to employees and managers. They may be making it work somehow, but there is always room for improvement.
The COVID-19 pandemic has pushed the healthcare industry to the limit, making providers speed up the adoption of health IT tools allowing for remote healthcare services.
First it was weird, then it was rare, now there is an emergency response. But as the end of the year looms, and the COVID-19 pandemic continues, working from home (WFH) has become a regular part of life for more people than ever.
Innovation in office technologies and distance communication were already revolutionizing the American work experience before the COVID-19 pandemic put ‘leaving the house’ on-hold.
While the coronavirus placed a heavy emphasis on innovating new social protocol for long-distance travelers, the pandemic also put airline companies and manufacturers under the microscope, highlighting an industry-wide responsibility to mitigate risk of COVID-19 infection now and in the future.
Boeing spokesperson, Peter Pedraza,...
COVID-19 took the world by storm. People have been dealing for nearly a full year with the virus's effects. How long it will stick around is unknown. One industry that's taken a particularly hard hit is restaurants. With social distancing and quarantines, people have been turning away from dining for the most part. However, technology is...
When Jean-Pierre Deheeger or “JP” bought a Hobby Town franchise in the Chicago area 13 years ago, he didn’t go into the venture blindly.
A 2010 Hobby Manufacturers report showed the RC (remote control) industry had grown to just over 2.5-billion-dollar industry globally and no signs of a down slide.
With the COVID-19 pandemic firmly in place, industries relying on events are being forced to not only rethink their marketing and promotion strategies, they are also seeing a demand to take their shows online by innovating reactive, virtual platforms.
Moorestown, New Jersey-based Starlite Productions International, Inc. is making the most of the challenges presented by the coronavirus pandemic. The company – a local tech firm providing commercial audiovisual and lighting solutions for the performing arts, casinos, universities, retail, houses of worship, and high-profile events has...
COVID-19 changed the world rapidly and so did the corporate work environment. Companies of all sizes and segment were forced to adapt and support hundreds of thousands of employees to work remotely. Companies were left to scramble to add more bandwidth at the data centers, call paths to keep contact centers from experiencing massive...
A lot of people now work from home, thanks to COVID-19, but not everyone has that luxury. Whether you're a remote worker who needs to travel or have a meeting you can't miss, you may need to take a trip. With the pandemic still raging, that can be a cause for concern.
In the U.S., the global coronavirus has claimed nearly 100,000 lives and 30 million jobs. Consequently, what COVID-19 has brought to light is the strength of our country’s health care infrastructure, begging the decades-old question of how we perceive medicine, doctors, hospitals, insurance companies, and pharmaceutical manufacturers.
Drive-in movie theaters are clearly enjoying a major resurgence during the COVID era. But the drive-in concept has also taken root in less traditional venues. One of the more ingenious drive-in leisure experiences emerging during the pandemic is the Immersive Van Gogh exhibit in Toronto, which includes an aptly named drive-in version...