Today – on Future Forward-looking forward, we’ll explore how a global health crisis is changing the way we look at a digital future, Joined by Glen Zorpette from IEEE Spectrum I’m Alexa Scordato and I’m Steven Rosenbaum – Let’s Launch
CHAPTER 1 The power and peril of the internet
COVID-19 Makes It Clear That Broadband Access Is a Human Right
https://spectrum.ieee.org/telecom/internet/covid19-makes-clear-broadband-access-is-human-right
Closing the ‘Digital Divide’ Critical in COVID-19 Response
https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/03/25/closing-digital-divide-critical-covid-19-response
How to fight an infodemic
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)30461-X/fulltext
CHAPTER 2 Treatments
Scientists Use Stem Cells to Treat COVID-19 Patients in China
https://spectrum.ieee.org/the-human-os/biomedical/devices/stem-cells-covid19-china
Halting COVID-19: The Benefits and Risks of Digital Contact Tracing
https://spectrum.ieee.org/the-human-os/biomedical/ethics/halting-covid19-benefits-risks-digital-contact-tracing
CHAPTER 3 The future
When might experimental drugs to treat Covid-19 be ready? A forecast
https://www.statnews.com/2020/03/24/when-might-experimental-drugs-to-treat-covid-19-be-ready-a-forecast/
Pop-Up Open Source Medical Hardware Projects Won’t Stop Coronavirus, but Might Be Useful Anyway. Here’s Why
https://spectrum.ieee.org/the-human-os/biomedical/devices/open-source-hardware-against-coronavirus
About The Author
Steve Rosenbaum