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Covid Near You – Participate in a Harvard Medical School Citizen Science Project

Source: Science Friday

As suspected and confirmed cases of COVID-19 skyrocket in the United States, testing availability remains limited, leaving people wondering if their cough is something to worry about. But testing isn’t just a balm for anxiety—public health officials need data about how far the new virus has spread to make decisions about how to best protect people, and where to send critical resources, like masks and gowns. Accurate information is the frontline of defense, but scientists still have pressing questions about the novel disease. For instance, how many people who are infected actually have symptoms? If you do have symptoms, how likely are you to get severely sick?

Until we are able to test both healthy and symptomatic people at scale, citizen science can help fill the gaps in tracking who has COVID-19. And the public health team that launched Flu Near You^[1] to track seasonal flu symptoms is now doing just that: soliciting your symptoms in the Covid Near You project.

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HOLMDEL, N.J., March 27, 2020 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Suntuity AirWorks ( https://suntuityairworks.com^[1]), the drone and UAV services division of the Suntuity Group of companies, is mobilizing their drone equipment and training personnel to help towns and cities combat the proliferation of the COVID-19 coronavirus.

By leveraging their DJI Enterprise level Matrice and Agras drones, Suntuity AirWorks is mobilizing their drone equipment and services divisions for the explicit purpose of helping cities and first responders use drones to help flatten the curve of the COVID-19 pandemic by reducing contamination in high risk public areas. Through drone equipment procurement, personnel training and ongoing drone support, Suntuity AirWorks is uniquely positioned to train city officials and drone pilots on the use of drones to fight contagions like the coronavirus.

Suntuity AirWorks recently delivered enterprise-level drones to Florida Davie County officials in order to help update their services with drone technologies, and has positioned itself to help more towns and cities utilize aerial spraying technologies during this...

The number of confirmed cases of Covid-19 continues to grow in the US. Mike Pence, the vice-president, is overseeing the US response to the coronavirus.

So far, 80% of patients experience a mild form of the illness, which can include a fever and pneumonia, and many of these cases require little to no medical intervention. That being said, elderly people and those with underlying conditions such as diabetes or heart and lung issues are the most vulnerable. The coronavirus death rate in China for people 80 or over, in the government’s study of more than 72,000 cases, was 14.8%.

State/territory	Confirmed cases	Deaths
New York	44,870	527
California	4,569	90
Washington	3,264	151

NEW YORK, March 27, 2020 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Unacast^[1], an award-winning location data and analytics firm, launched a Social Distancing Scoreboard^[2] this week as the first component of its COVID-19 Toolkit. Unacast created this pro bono offering, powered by its Real World Graph® data engine, to help public health experts, policy makers, academics, community leaders and businesses in retail and real estate gain accurate insights into current public behavior and unearth trends for future scenarios related to the spread of COVID-19.

In the wake of the global pandemic, the World Health Organization^[3] and the CDC^[4] have advised social distancing as a containment method to slow the spread of the disease.

Unacast applied geospatial human mobility insights with its proprietary tools to create an interactive map showing mobility trends by county or by state as a way to raise awareness of and reinforce the importance of social distancing in relation to slowing the spread of COVID-19. The Scorecard assigns a letter grade of A through F to all states and counties in relation to social distancing behavior. Using the...

FRAMINGHAM, Mass. — (BUSINESS WIRE) — March 27, 2020 — End user spending on IT infrastructure (server and enterprise storage systems) will decline in 2020 as a result of the widespread coronavirus pandemic. According to the International Data Corporation ( IDC^[1]) Worldwide Quarterly Server Tracker^[2] and Worldwide Quarterly Enterprise Storage Systems Tracker^[3], under the current probable scenario server market revenues will decline 3.4% year over year to $88.6 billion and external enterprise storage systems (ESS) revenues will decline 5.5% to $28.7 billion in 2020. The server market is expected to decline 11.0% in Q1 and 8.9% in Q2 and then return to growth in the second half of the year. The external ESS market is forecast to decline 7.3% in Q1 and 12.4% in Q2 before returning to slight growth by the end of 2020 with further recovery expected in 2021.

IDC developed three forecast scenarios (optimistic, probable, and pessimistic) for the impact of COVID-19 on the IT infrastructure markets. The probable scenario assumes a broad negative impact starting in China and spreading into other regions before slowing toward end of the year. Elements of the impact include...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — (BUSINESS WIRE) — March 23, 2020 — Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT^[1]) will release its first quarter 2020 financial results on Wednesday morning, April 22, 2020.

Textron will also host a conference call at 8:00 a.m. (Eastern) to discuss the results and the company’s outlook. The call will be available via webcast at www.textron.com^[2] or by direct dial at (844) 721-7241 in the U.S. or (409) 207-6955 outside of the U.S.; Access Code: 4252363.

In addition, the call will be recorded and available for playback beginning at 10:30 a.m. (Eastern) on Wednesday, April 22, 2020 by dialing (402) 970-0847; Access Code: 1767619.

About Textron Inc.

Textron Inc. is a multi-industry company that leverages its global network of aircraft, defense, industrial and finance businesses to provide customers with innovative solutions and services. Textron is known around the world for its powerful brands such as Bell, Cessna, Beechcraft, Hawker, Jacobsen, Kautex, Lycoming, E-Z-GO, Arctic Cat, Textron Systems, and TRU Simulation + Training. For more information visit: www.textron.com^[3].

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The worldwide COVID-19 pandemic has now reached all 50 states in the U.S. In accordance with Federal Government and Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) mandate social distancing is being put in place throughout the nation.

As announced on March 17, 2020, state and federal government agencies have been given no-cost or obligation access to high-resolution aerial imagery and related geospatial information captured by Vexcel Imaging to support their responses to the COVID-19 outbreak. Access has been granted at least through June and could be extended as efforts progress to controlling the outbreak of the coronavirus.

“High-resolution ortho and oblique imagery enable virtual site inspections and mapping often without the need for a physical on-site visit enabling organizations to continue to conduct business,” said Richard Butgereit, Director of Catastrophe Response with Vexcel. Highly detailed 7.5 cm imagery is available over metropolitan areas, as well as 20 cm imagery covering much of the rest of the nation. 

“This program is an extension of the work that Vexcel does with the Geospatial Intelligence Center for post-disaster imagery such as wildfires, tornados, and hurricanes,” said Erik Jorgensen, Vexcel Group CEO, “but this marks the first time that we have supported a disease outbreak.”

Several States have already taken advantage of this offer from Vexcel and expect to...

Partnering with The University of South Australia developers of the technology in collaboration with the Australian Department of Defence – Defence Science and Technology Group  

Vancouver, British Columbia, March 26, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Draganfly Inc. (CSE: DFLY) (OTCQB: DFLYF) (FSE: 3U8) (“ Draganfly” or the “ Company”), an award-winning, industry-leading manufacturer within the commercial Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (“ UAV”), Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (“ RPAS”), and unmanned vehicle sector, today announced that it has been selected as the exclusive global systems integrator for a project (the “ Vital Intelligence Project”) with Vital Intelligence Inc., a healthcare data services & deep learning company in conjunction with the University of South Australia, using technology developed with help from the Australian Department of Defence Science and Technology Group (the “ DST”). 

The Vital Intelligence Project is a health and respiratory monitoring platform involving utilizing new and existing camera networks as well as UAVs and RPAS being immediately commercialized for health monitoring and detection of infectious and respiratory conditions including monitoring temperatures, heart and respiratory rates, amongst crowds, workforces, airlines, cruise ships, potential at-risk...

With an in-orbit demonstration from ICEYE radar imaging satellites, the company's data achieves the finest resolution class in commercial SAR. The company continues with its consistent track-record of delivering reliable and timely SAR satellite data to the Earth observation market, while overcoming another world-first feat from very small SAR satellites.

HELSINKI, March 26, 2020 — (PRNewswire) —  Finnish New Space leader ICEYE^[1] unveiled today its latest capability of 25 cm resolution imaging with synthetic-aperture radar (SAR) small satellites, utilizing the company's current commercial SAR satellite constellation in-orbit. With this very high-resolution imaging capability, ICEYE SAR data achieves the same resolution class provided by larger, conventional commercial SAR satellites operating at their highest performance.

ICEYE successfully launched its first SAR satellite in January 2018, ICEYE-X1, which achieved 10x10 meter resolution data capabilities, while also becoming the World's first SAR satellite mission under 100 kilograms (220 pounds) in launch mass. With the company's latest development of 25 cm imaging from its current commercial SAR satellite constellation of 3 spacecraft, ICEYE data achieves the finest classification of resolution in the commercial SAR market.

"Before, these resolutions have been exclusively reserved for the larger, traditional SAR spacecraft," said Pekka Laurila, CSO...