Revolutionizing the Post-Pandemic Economy: Cutting-Edge Technologies for a Safer Future

Enhancing Workplace Safety with Advanced Digital Solutions

Tomer Mann, executive vice president of business development for 22 Miles, discussed his company's 'digital experience platform,' which incorporates temperature-scanning technology, touchless kiosks, virtual concierge, and other applications to provide social distance among customers and employees and early warning of possible infection in business settings. 'In March, when we were seeing a lot of the temperature-scanning solutions coming out of China, we realized we could leverage our software to pivot and create a more secure solution, avoiding some of the sensors that are coming out of China that are blacklisted in the trade market and avoiding some of the data breach implications,' Mann said.

Purifying Indoor Air to Combat Pathogens

Santiago Mendoza, senior vice president with Integrated Viral Protection, spoke about his company's indoor air protection system, which has been shown to capture and destroy coronavirus at a 99-plus percentage rate. The system has shown similar results when tested with anthrax spores and other airborne pathogens. Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems are 'super spreaders' of coronavirus and other pathogens, Mendoza said, adding that most filter systems only catch and don't kill them. 'Our system heats up to almost 400 degrees Fahrenheit and destroys the pathogens,' he said.

Early Detection of Viral Outbreaks through Wastewater Analysis

Jennings Heussner, business development manager for BioBot Analytics, a wastewater epidemiology company, explained how BioBot went from testing for opioids to tracking coronavirus. 'We analyze wastewater coming into treatment plants for human health markers,' Heussner said. The company originally was focused on the opioid epidemic, helping communities better understand the nature of their local opioid problems to better inform their public health response. When the pandemic hit, BioBot expanded its focus and became the first company in the United States to identify the presence of the virus in wastewater.