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• Massive, open, online courses
• 3D printers
• Smart thermometers
Suddenly, big ideas that had been dismissed as overhyped or unworkable are getting another look — this time, not out of rose-tinted optimism but something more like desperation. http://read.medium.com/21ZV1UK
• 3D printers
• Smart thermometers
Suddenly, big ideas that had been dismissed as overhyped or unworkable are getting another look — this time, not out of rose-tinted optimism but something more like desperation. http://read.medium.com/21ZV1UK
MOOCs may still be dead, but with campuses closed due to Covid-19, online education has been thrust abruptly into the leading role that some once envisioned. https://onezero.medium.com/now-is-the-time-to-make-online-schools-available-to-everyone-1ab26d3222f7
Already, the crisis is highlighting inequalities in students’ access to online experiences and materials. https://onezero.medium.com/coronavirus-school-closures-reveal-a-stark-digital-divide-bfa03f69a54a
Tech that tries to harness big data to predict outbreaks is also having a moment.
Kinsa has launched a nationwide “health weather map” that shows where fevers are spiking, likely in advance of testing data that would confirm a coronavirus hotspot. https://onezero.medium.com/coronavirus-is-bringing-back-the-forgotten-tech-trends-of-2012-2f80132daabf
Kinsa has launched a nationwide “health weather map” that shows where fevers are spiking, likely in advance of testing data that would confirm a coronavirus hotspot. https://onezero.medium.com/coronavirus-is-bringing-back-the-forgotten-tech-trends-of-2012-2f80132daabf
Privacy advocates are worried about the widespread collection of such sensitive information. https://onezero.medium.com/dont-stop-thinking-about-your-privacy-in-a-time-of-crisis-bf6999213c33
The word on 3D printing circa 2012 was that it could spark a “third industrial revolution.”
It turned out to be good for mostly the same things it was good for at the time: rapid desktop prototyping of design ideas and smaller-scale manufacturing. https://onezero.medium.com/coronavirus-is-bringing-back-the-forgotten-tech-trends-of-2012-2f80132daabf
It turned out to be good for mostly the same things it was good for at the time: rapid desktop prototyping of design ideas and smaller-scale manufacturing. https://onezero.medium.com/coronavirus-is-bringing-back-the-forgotten-tech-trends-of-2012-2f80132daabf
However, a critical shortage of personal protective supplies has highlighted another essential role for the technology: as a life-saving stopgap when demand temporarily outstrips conventional production capacity. https://onezero.medium.com/people-around-the-world-are-3d-printing-face-shields-to-battle-the-coronavirus-6b44146ca1f3
