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  • The Newest Weapon Against Covid-19: AI That Speed-Reads Faxes

    Tom Simonite

    December 22, 2020 |

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    Response Location: United States, Contra Costa County, California

    Researchers from Stanford University have developed a software that uses machine-learning algorithms to identify and flag urgent faxes about COVID-19 cases. While the project doesn't have complete accuracy, it has helped overwhelmed and overburdened health care workers at the health department in Contra Costa County, California work more efficiently.

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  • A Clever Strategy to Distribute Covid Aid—With Satellite Data

    Tom Simonite

    December 17, 2020 |

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    Response Location: Togo

    To quickly distribute money to poverty-stricken areas in Togo during the coronavirus pandemic, the country's government turned to mobile cash payments. Working with a nonprofit and UC Berkeley’s Center for Effective Global Action, Togo established a system of mobile payments to reach 30,000 of Togo’s poorest people who were identified via satellite imagery and image analysis algorithms.

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  • Engineers Made a DIY Face Shield. Now It's Helping Doctors

    Tom Simonite

    March 26, 2020 |

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    Response Location: United States, Madison, Wisconsin

    A group of engineers in Madison, Wisconsin designed a face shield using materials and machines that were capable of producing mass quantities of the shields for hospitals. The design is now open-source and accessible to anyone on the web. They have since sent more than 1,000 face shields to the local hospital, and Ford has even picked up the design, pledging to produce more than 75,000 shields to be sent to hospitals in Detroit.

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