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The future of Covid-19
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- 2020first covered
- 24 Aug 2025latest update
- 2linked technologies
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- MIT just developed a vaccine to stop the next PandemicBiotech and enhanced humans
- Profluents open source AI CRISPR tool brings gene editing to the massesBiotech and enhanced humans
- First living robots made from human cells surprise scientistsRobotics
- This new AI tool successfully predicts future Covid-19 mutationsBiotech and enhanced humans
- Sensors that detect Covid-19 in the air get major US military fundingBiotech and enhanced humans
- Accenture created a metaverse “Nth Floor” to bring remote teams together during the pandemicVirtual worlds
- New experimental chewing gum slows down the spread of COVID-19Biotech and enhanced humans
- Pfizer’s new COVID-19 pill cuts hospitalisations by 90 percentBiotech and enhanced humans
- DARPA and GE developing truck mounted labs to churn out synthetic DNA and RNA vaccinesBiotech and enhanced humans
- A new particle accelerator just created the brightest medical X-Rays everEarth and energy
- GE teams up with NIH to put a COVID-19 sensor in your smartphoneIndustry and manufacturing
- New Australian heat tolerant COVID-19 vaccine heads to human trialsBiotech and enhanced humans
- 65 percent of all COVID disinformation came from just 12 peopleConnected society
- MIT and Harvard scientists develop a face mask that detects COVID-19 in the airIndustry and manufacturing
- CRISPR gene editing tool shown to stop Coronavirus replication in human cellsBiotech and enhanced humans
- Slowly but surely AI is helping eliminate the need for animal testingBiotech and enhanced humans
- Pfizer’s new at home pill to treat COVID available by year endBiotech and enhanced humans
- Pentagon scientists microchip detects COVID-19 in the blood before symptoms showBiotech and enhanced humans
- Revolutionary pill form COVID-19 vaccine develops anti-bodies in Israeli trialsBiotech and enhanced humans
- Promising single shot nano-vaccine could immunise everyone against all CoronavirusesBiotech and enhanced humans
- Race to contain COVID-19 sees researchers use AI to predict future deadly mutationsAI and intelligence
- Coronavirus has become the first ever virus to be fully digitisedBiotech and enhanced humans
- DeepMind’s protein folding AI conquers biology’s 50 year grand challengeAI and intelligence
- AztraZeneca’s cheap COVID-19 vaccine made in record time proves highly effectiveBiotech and enhanced humans
- Riot built the world’s most awesome mixed reality E-Sports stage using Mandalorian techVirtual worlds
- European Central Bank announces it’s seriously exploring a digital EuroConnected society
- WHO recruits first digital human to fight Covid-19 disinformationAI and intelligence
- Featured Futurist: The Future of the Office, Silicon Valley Business JournalArticles
- UK government ditches biased algorithm that downgraded hundreds of thousands of students exam gradesAI and intelligence
- Powerful inhalable Covid-19 vaccine passes preliminary testsBiotech and enhanced humans
- The Future of Insurance Panel | EveryWoman, UK | InsureTech Keynote SpeakerArticles
- Disney Imagineers show off their amazing HolodeckVirtual worlds
- New Membrane on a Chip tech accelerates COVID-19 vaccine screeningBiotech and enhanced humans
- Full Speed Ahead | WIRED, UK | Matthew Griffin | WIRED Presenter and Keynote SpeakerArticles
- As Covid-19 lockdowns ease companies begin tracking employees with in-house tracking appsConnected society
- New Ford update cooks cars to protect first responders from Covid-19Transport and mobility
- Doctors treating Covid-19 patients use Microsoft Hololens to keep them and their teams safeVirtual worlds
- Robot Baristas help coffee shops limit the spread of Covid-19 as lockdowns easeRobotics
- A new smartphone based DNA test identifies and tracks disease in real timeBiotech and enhanced humans
- Scientists are developing a face mask that lights up if it detects Covid-19Industry and manufacturing
- Covid-19 lockdown is straining networks and it’s AI to the rescueConnected society
- Forget lockdown HIT, these mice got totally ripped with gene therapyBiotech and enhanced humans
- Proximie helps self-isolating surgeons perform virtual surgeries from home during Covid-19Virtual worlds
- China accelerates plans to become the world’s first cashless society as Covid-19 bitesConnected society
- Cruise redeploys its self-driving cars during Covid-19 to deliver vital food supplies in CaliforniaTransport and mobility
- Futurist in the press: Coronavirus and the future of air travel, Business StandardArticles
- A new prototype Covid-19 vaccine works by literally hacking your DNABiotech and enhanced humans
- First of a kind biosensor detects Covid-19 in the air around youIndustry and manufacturing
- Researchers unveil a new AI that can detect Covid-19 from lung X-RaysAI and intelligence
- DeepMind’s protein folding AI targets Covid-19 to help find vaccinesAI and intelligence
- Wearables join the fight to help identify people infected with Covid-19Connected society
- UC Berkeley unveils first robotic Covid-19 testing labRobotics
- During Covid-19 lockdown robo-trucks in the US are keeping freight movingTransport and mobility
- Researchers are sequencing and tracking Covid-19’s global progress in real timeBiotech and enhanced humans
- This new prototype Covid-19 test requires just a smartphone and your voiceAI and intelligence
- New tests prove Covid-19 virus wasn’t made by humans in a labBiotech and enhanced humans
- A revolutionary new type of Covid-19 vaccine is being developedBiotech and enhanced humans
- Lack of Covid-19 vaccine pushes DARPA to develop a therapeutic “Shield”Security and privacy
- China enlists drones to disinfect its streets to prevent Covid-19 spreadingRobotics
- As Covid-19 rages smartphones help South Korea keep tabs on people in lockdownConnected society
- US CDC launches a Cornoavirus self-checker bot to ease pressure on front line staffAI and intelligence
- Thermal imaging enabled drones help Chinese identify people with Covid-19Robotics
- Spanish police recruit drones to help keep people indoors during the Covid-19 pandemicRobotics
- Innovators 3D print valves for snorkel masks to create oxygen masks for needy Covid-19 patientsIndustry and manufacturing
- World’s fastest supercomputer gets recruited to help develop a Covid-19 vaccineComputing
- 3D printing helps Italian doctors fix faulty respirators to help Covid-19 patientsIndustry and manufacturing
- Autonomous vehicles disinfect streets in China to stop COVID-19 spreadingTransport and mobility
- American doctors turn to robots to help them treat Covid-19 patientsRobotics
- Robots get to work sanitising Hong Kong’s subways to stop Covid-19Robotics
- Chinese authorities send robots into hospitals to help stop Covid-19Robotics
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311 Institute has published 70 articles about Covid-19 since 2020, most recently on 24 August 2025.
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