Implications of Covid-19 on future

technology:

Covid-19 has changed our way of living immeasurably since the beginning of this year when
it began to spread rapidly throughout the world. Nowadays most of us are at home and using
tools like zoom, slack and teems etc to stay in touch with our teachers, students or
colleagues. We are buying almost everything online other than prescriptions and groceries
and having it shipped to our door. The significance of technology in our lives has never been
more obvious.
The virus will have a tremendous long-term impact on the world and on our society. One
area, where we’re bound to see its effects, is on the future of technology, which will inevitably
be influenced by our current circumstances and by the lessons we’ve learned during an
unprecedented and difficult period in our history.
In this article, we cover the implications of Covid-19 on future technology.
● Changes in human behavior:

It appears likely that the users' sentiment and behavior will be shifted, at
least temporarily, by the pandemic. Even once the world moves past the peak of the
epidemic, it’s unlikely that people will return to life as it was before the outbreak. Instead,
there will likely be a new normal where awareness of germs and infections is higher, and
uncertainty about financial outlooks lingers. Things may feel uncertain for coming months,
especially if a second wave of the infection hits in winter.
These changes in behaviours will support the future of tech and human interaction
with it. For example: in order to stem the tide of the pandemic arguments are already being
made for using location data from smartphones to do contact tracing. Google and Apple
have said they’re working together to track and limit the spread of the virus with the help of
the technology. This type of surveillance would have been inconceivable a few months ago,
but it’s gaining greater buy-in during the pandemic.
● More distance working:

On a related note, the pandemic will likely have implications for how many
of us are empowered to do distance work. We expect to see companies directing more
investment toward powering distance working, including investment in things like cloud
solutions and conferencing and communication tools.
Distance work will increasingly include medicine, with the greater availability of telehealth
systems almost certain to come as a result of the pandemic. Telehealth options are key to
slowing the spread of the virus and to ensuring healthcare systems can continue serving all
patients while keeping them from crowding into waiting rooms. We expect an influx of
investment in telehealth technology powering secure video appointments, secure messaging
systems, online appointment scheduling systems, online prescribing, and online billing and
payment systems.
● Contactless interfaces become the norm:

Once the pandemic is under control there is still bound to be a certain
amount of fear and doubt that linger about infection from contact with surfaces. Though the
risk of contracting COVID-19 from surfaces is lower than from direct contact with droplets
from an infected person, people will want to limit risk as much as possible.