Digital transformation equips Atlanta government to deal with current crisis
OpenGov speaks with Atlanta City Government’s Chief Information Officer, Gary Brantley to discuss the City’s transformation and how past crisis have helped them handle the current COVID-19 crisis.
Malaysia sees rise in demand for digital books during lockdown
PNM is constantly trying to make digital reading material more accessible to Malaysians. Among the initiatives undertaken is to increase the number of digital reading material every year.
CityU launches new online learning initiative
This new initiative echoes the success of the newly developed CityU-Learning Classroom for Secondary School Students, an integral part of BOLD@CityU.
Vietnam approves 5G trials for country’s second-largest telco
The 5G network achieves a download throughput of more than 2.2 Gbps, 10 times faster than the 4G network and has a latency of almost zero.
Indian scientists develop virucidal coating to prevent COVID-19 transmission
Virucidal coatings on surfaces can potentially inhibit viral transmission; the research group are focussing on developing molecules that will target the membranes of COVID-19 viral particles selectively.
Varanasi, India uses drones to sanitise COVID-19 sensitive areas
The city deployed drones in the fight against COBD-19, in an effort to rapidly scale up sanitizing of wide areas, hotspots and hard-to-reach sectors.
IPOS to launch Singapore Fast Track Patent Programme
The programme, known as the SG Patent Fast Track, will be the world’s fastest application-to-grant process and aims to accelerate grants of patent applications in all technology fields to just six months.
Pune, India launches quarantine monitoring app
The city administration has appointed dedicated teams for five zones to conduct a follow-up with people under home quarantine daily.
Australia developing personalised nutrition smart patch
The world-first personalised nutrition wearable is being developed by a Melbourne-based start-up. It painlessly measures key dietary biomarkers and sends the information to an app, enabling users to precisely track how their bodies respond to different foods.
Australia launches COVIDSafe contact tracing app
The Australian government emphasized that the app data will be used only by health officials. It clarified the data will not be accessible to the police or other state or federal agencies.