Doctors, airport workers, and hotel staff are using high-tech machines to help contain the outbreak that has been sweeping the world
Share to twitterThe L.A.-based company Dimer has donated one of its GermFalcon machines to the airport, where it’sin the United States on Wednesday, they tapped a device called Vici that allowed them to interact with their patient not in person, but through a screen.
“Minimizing the spread of this new virus is especially important because we have not yet built up any immunity to it,” Compton-Phillips says. During the SARS coronavirus outbreak in 2003,of those affected were healthcare workers, highlighting the difficulties of remaining safe while providing treatment.
“If it’s not essential for certain supporting staff to be in the patient areas, it’s best for them to avoid it. The fewer people who are in contact with infected patients, the better,” says Peter Seiff, an executive atthat sells a robot called TUG that autonomously ferries medical supplies throughout hospitals. Courtesy of InTouch Health and Aethon
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Robots To The Rescue: How High-Tech Machines Are Being Used To Contain The Wuhan CoronavirusI’m a San Francisco-based staff writer for Forbes reporting on Google and the rest of the Alphabet universe, as well as artificial intelligence more broadly. Previously, I worked at CNBC.com and Business Insider, covering Google, Facebook, ecommerce, and Silicon Valley culture. I’m an East Coast native and studied journalism and information management and technology at Syracuse University. Follow me on Twitter at jillianiles and email me at jdonfro [at] forbes.com. Have a more sensitive tip? Reach me via Signal at 978.660.6302 using a non-work phone or contact Forbes securely via SecureDrop.
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