Contact tracing apps: to succeed, they should learn a trick from fitness trackers

There's definitely such a thing as society – which is a huge challenge for developing an app that will ward off COVID-19. 

Greig Paul, Lead Mobile Networks and Security Engineer, University of Strathclyde • conversation
April 29, 2020 ~7 min

If contact tracing is to succeed on smartphones, it should learn a trick from fitness apps

There's definitely such a thing as society – which is a huge challenge for developing an app that will ward off COVID-19. 

Greig Paul, Lead Mobile Networks and Security Engineer, University of Strathclyde • conversation
April 29, 2020 ~7 min


Reporting tool aims to balance hospitals’ Covid-19 load

Based on crowdsourced data, app helps patients, EMTs, and physicians determine real-time availability of hospital resources.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office • mit
April 23, 2020 ~9 min

COVID-19 contact tracing app uses Bluetooth ‘garbage’

Researchers are developing a Bluetooth-enabled contact tracing app for monitoring exposure to the coronavirus. It protects privacy with digital "garbage."

Art Jahnke-Boston University • futurity
April 22, 2020 ~6 min

This Earth Day, spot plants and animals to boost research

"Sometimes we have very little documentation of what’s right around us. The things you think are mundane might become really important."

Alisson Clark-Florida • futurity
April 20, 2020 ~4 min

New app uses QR codes to trace coronavirus exposure

A new app called COVIDTracker uses QR codes to preserve privacy while keeping track of who's been exposed to the coronavirus.

Brian Bell-UC Irvine • futurity
April 16, 2020 ~5 min

Safe Paths: A privacy-first approach to contact tracing

A multinational team develops new tools to slow the spread of pandemics.

MIT Media Lab • mit
April 10, 2020 ~9 min

Bluetooth signals from your smartphone could automate Covid-19 contact tracing while preserving privacy

A system that enables smartphones to transmit “chirps” to nearby devices could notify people if they have been near an infected person.

Kylie Foy | Lincoln Laboratory • mit
April 8, 2020 ~10 min


Coronavirus: location-tracking apps could stop the disease – here's how

Research indicates people would be willing to give up privacy to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic.

Eivor Oborn, Professor of Healthcare Management, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick • conversation
April 6, 2020 ~6 min

New app collects the sounds of COVID-19

A new app, which will be used to collect data to develop machine learning algorithms that could automatically detect whether a person is suffering from COVID-19 based on the sound of their voice, their breathing and coughing, has been launched by researchers at the University of Cambridge.

Cambridge University News • cambridge
April 6, 2020 ~3 min

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