Ten technologies to fight coronavirus
In-Depth Analysis
22-04-2020
From synthetic biology to artificial intelligence and from blockchain technologies to nanotechnology, a wide range of technological applications are being deployed to combat COVID-19. Are they safe and effective? Have they been tested before in a public health emergency context? Does their use involve risks and threaten our values and rights? This well-timed STOA publication of ten central technological trajectories employed in the fight against this pandemic disease offers us a much-needed analysis of what is at stake in technological terms word-wide, but also of what legislators may need to do in order to tackle the relevant legal and ethical questions.
In-Depth Analysis
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- 3D printing
- air and space transport
- artificial intelligence
- biology
- blockchain
- coronavirus disease
- drone
- e-Health
- EDUCATION AND COMMUNICATIONS
- epidemic
- health
- information and information processing
- information technology and data processing
- nanotechnology
- natural and applied sciences
- open source software
- PRODUCTION, TECHNOLOGY AND RESEARCH
- robotisation
- SCIENCE
- SOCIAL QUESTIONS
- technology and technical regulations
- TRANSPORT