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Work from home: Technology is a blessing and a curse during coronavirus
My work-from-home beard is the same. But this time, the Internet has changed everything else. From my couch, I can have a face-to-face with my boss, who commented on the beard. Just using my phone, I can brainstorm with co-workers. Or get lunch delivered. Or have groceries dropped at my door. Or check out a …
Schools Turn to Technology to Fight Virus’ on Campus – NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth
Students across North Texas are on spring break either this week or next. Some districts are preparing to monitor students with symptoms of anything unusual during this outbreak of coronavirus. It’s not always mom who hears the first warnings of illness. Many kids bring their first complaint to the school nurse and this time of …
Longview school board to discuss updating school technology Monday | Local
The Longview School Board will consider technology upgrades and several new policies at its Monday board meeting. The district is seeking to add more uninterruptible power supply batteries and a wireless virtual mobility controller to improve WiFi systems. It is also looking to update fiber connections at the high school and do maintenance on a …
Why do so many people feel lonely at work? Technology is just part of it
All the lonely workers Where do they all belong? — Apologies to John Lennon and Paul McCartney After reading Cigna’s fascinating and sad Loneliness and the Workplace 2020 U.S. Report, I couldn’t help but hear “Eleanor Rigby” in my head. While Rigby waited at the window, “wearing the face that she keeps in a jar by …
Google Patent reveals plans to use their Radar technology and next-gen Soli Chip to work with Retail AR Applications and more
The Google Pixel 4 smartphone introduced motion sensing radar. The first wave of technology behind Project Soli is to support three capabilities noted as “presence, reach and gestures which were limited out of the gate. Last January Patently Apple posted a report titled “Google won a Major Patent for an In-Air Gesturing System last …
Gesher, Longtree & Associates partner on new health care opportunities | Local News
Gesher Cleveland, a collaborative nonprofit resource center devised in 2013 to create a self-sustaining Jewish community in Cleveland, has partnered with Longtree & Associates LLC of New Jersey to bring new health care education opportunities to Ohio. Longtree, started in 1990, educates and certifies people in health care to have careers in patient care and …
Science and technology commission to reward frontline work
Scientists who contribute to the fight against COVID-19 will be rewarded, whether from home or abroad, according to Shanghai Science and Technology Commission. Breakthroughs in quick detection of the virus, understanding the pathogenic mechanism, exploring therapies and new vaccines are badly needed, so the commission is offering hefty rewards. Scientists across the world are encouraged …
How Millennials’ Views On Healthcare Could Shape The Future Of Work
Getty After a friend’s dad passed away in a motorcycle accident, I promised myself I’d never hop onto one… Until a friend convinced me to give it a try in Bali last winter. I hopped on. We rode through the jungle for two minutes. And a bug flew into my eye. That turned into six …
I work at a walk-in health centre. The coronavirus super-worriers are a problem | Anonymous | Opinion
Everyone in my walk-in centre is getting a bit twitchy. Coronavirus is spreading, and we are waiting for our first case to arrive after the initial ones became known outside of China, in Singapore and Macau. After January 27, some of the receptionists – understandably nervous about getting infected themselves – begin to flag anyone …
Violence Against Healthcare Workers Continues Despite Hospital Safety Law – NBC Bay Area
They treat us when we’re sick, but now medical workers say they fear for their own health and safety after a rash of assaults at California hospitals. Employees working in healthcare are four times more likely to experience workplace violence than other private employees according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A recent …