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Amazon has started to use thermal cameras at its warehouses to speed up screening for feverish workers who could be infected with the coronavirus, employees told Reuters. The cameras in effect measure how much heat people emit relative to their surroundings. This requir...
In a preprint academic paper published in early April, MIT researchers describe a model that quantifies the impact of quarantine measures on the spread of COVID-19, the novel coronavirus. Unlike most of the models that have so far been proposed, this one doesn’t rely on data from studies...
Two independent WeWork directors failed to fast-track their lawsuit over SoftBank Group Corp.’s decision to scrap a $3 billion stock purchase that was part of a rescue package the struggling office space provi...
Before the pandemic, Yiying Lu was known for her work designing the Twitter Fail Whale and the dumpling and boba tea emojis. In the past few weeks, Lu said she was called to a higher purpose. From her apartment in San Francisco, she toiled away in a Slack channel with two
As experience designers, we think of friction as any moment that prevents an uninterrupted flow through the built environment, and we try to come up with solutions that can create “frictionless experiences.”
In the wake of the global pandemic, today’s COVID-19 world has created significant challenges for commercial real estate professionals: real estate discovery will move online, collaborating online will be more common, office space will need redesign. Owners and brokers need solutions, tenants need guidance. Join us as we discuss innovative strategies to collaborate and help commercial real estat...
A survey of corporate real estate professionals at large corporations globally indicates that workers will return in waves, as opposed to all returning at once. From 8-13 April, CoreNet Global conducted a survey of its 11,000 members to gain insight on a key question confronting corporate real estate (CRE) professionals: how, when and under what circumstances will employees begin to return to thei...
As coronavirus spread through the US cities affecting millions of households and forcing almost a country-wide shutdown, it coincided with the start of an apartment leasing season. This is the time of the year almost half of all renters in the US start switching apartments. If you were like me looking to move, you did your research months ahead and picked out the buildings to tour, only to find yo...
Currently, there is much uncertainty, speculation, and conversation about the impact of the pandemic on the real estate industry. In this time of uncertainty, there’s one thing you can count on – data. Join L.D. Salmanson and Thomas Walle, both CEOs and Co-Founders of data-driven companies, for a conversation based on data about our current situation. Thomas and L.D. will discuss Unacast’s S...
As more people worry about catching coronavirus from touching cash and credit-card terminals, a onetime niche technology is roaring into the mainstream.