Technology Trends in the COVID-19 Pandemic

The previous article highlighted trends in information technology change with quick adoption and rejection, often seen almost overnight. This article provides insight into some trends that have gained traction during the 2020 COVID-19 global pandemic due to their ability to bolster societal resilience. Did these trends affect your COVID-19 experience? What other trends do you see growing out of this time that will be here to stay?

Introduction


The coronavirus demonstrates the importance of and the challenges associated with tech like digital payments, telehealth, and robotics.


  • The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated 10 key technology trends, including digital payments, telehealth, and robotics.
  • These technologies can help reduce the spread of the coronavirus while helping businesses stay open.
  • Technology can help make society more resilient in the face of pandemic and other threats.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, technologies are playing a crucial role in keeping our society functional in a time of lockdowns and quarantines. And these technologies may have a long-lasting impact beyond COVID-19.

Here are 10 technology trends that can help build a resilient society, as well as considerations about their effects on how we do business, how we trade, how we work, how we produce goods, how we learn, how we seek medical services, and how we entertain ourselves.


Source: Yan Xiao and Ziyang Fan, https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/04/10-technology-trends-coronavirus-covid19-pandemic-robotics-telehealth/
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