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What innovations will emerge post-pandemic?

The Human Factor
Doctor wearing protective face mask using digital tablet
Technology has played a pivotal role in our ability to cope with the global coronavirus fallout. As COVID-19 sweeps through nations, quickly making established ways of working, studying, socializing, and conducting business impractical or even impossible, people turned to technological innovation for alternatives.  Here we look at three key areas... Read More

Keep calm, and your privacy

The Human Factor
Businessman on his phone while wearing a mask in the city during COVID-19 pandemic
This article was co-authored with Nishan Chelvachandran. Pandemic! Emergency! Hack COVID-19! As the novel coronavirus has evolved from an emerging threat to a clear and present danger on a global scale, governments have begun to use our digital footprints as a tool to flatten the curve. But as these governments... Read More

Fighting pandemics on the blockchain

The Human Factor
a person examining a dashboard of data on a digital tablet in an office
COVID-19 has proven to be a very deadly global virus. As governments around the world struggle to contain the spread of the contagion, many are wondering what tools might be available to moderate future pandemics.  While it is probably unrealistic to expect any government to be fully prepared for an... Read More

How digital twins are driving the future of engineering

The Technology
digital twin technology
Marshall McLuhan once famously observed, “First we build the tools, then they build us.” Building on artificial intelligence (AI), the Internet of Things (IoT), and 5G communications, advanced software systems are remaking the nature and complexity of human engineering. In particular, digital twin technology can provide companies with improved insights... Read More

How AI might help us diagnose and track COVID-19

The Human Factor
Man using artificial intelligence to understand coronavirus better.
By now, we all know COVID-19 is spreading fast, infecting people at an exponential rate. “This is the defining global health crisis of our time,” says Dr. Tedros Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization. “The days, weeks, and months ahead will be a test of our resolve, a test... Read More

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