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Questions we should ask about COVID-19 contact-tracing apps

Three ways to judge contact-tracking apps from the point of view of "openness."
Mike Bursell (Red Hat, Correspondent) 20 May 2020 2 comments
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Pandemic stress test: The open source cloud is up to the challenge

The benefits of the cloud are being brought into focus by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Sam Bocetta 19 May 2020
Analytics: Charts and Graphs

An Elasticsearch and Kibana-based dashboard for COVID-19

This dashboard enables anyone to review the global pandemic, a specific country's status, and compare data and trends across countries.
Horovits Dotan 12 May 2020
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Open source underpins coronavirus IoT and robotics solutions

From sanitization of equipment and facilities to plotting the spread of the virus, robots are playing an active role in combating COVID-19.
Sam Bocetta 10 May 2020 2 comments
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Using Python to visualize COVID-19 projections

I'll demonstrate how to create two visualizations of the spread of a virus across the globe, provided open data and using open source libraries.
Anurag Gupta 21 Apr 2020 3 comments
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How I use Python to map the global spread of COVID-19

Create a color coded geographic map of the potential spread of the virus using these open source scripts.
Anurag Gupta 21 Apr 2020 5 comments
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How young people can help fight COVID-19 with code

Youth developers are invited to submit ideas by April 15 to counter the educational, informational, social, and health challenges uncovered by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Melissa Sasi 14 Apr 2020
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How I'm using AI to translate 'wash your hands' in 500 languages

By using both human and machine-generated translations, key health phrases can be translated into local languages spoken all over the world.
Daniel Whitenack 10 Apr 2020 3 comments

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