![]() If the RKI experts come ever closer to solving the mystery of COVID-19, it is in part thanks to the sick grandfathers of Friedrich Lämmel and his fellow student Paul Burggraf. Digital health pioneers, thanks to grandpa! ![]() Rather, "the data are incredibly valuable for epidemiologists and help to derive better measures", says Brockmann. All this information is pseudonymised and does not serve to track contact persons, emphasises the RKI. ![]() The postcode is intended to reflect the regional distribution of the virus. In addition, sociodemographic data are also collected where the users have entered them. Vital data such as pulse, heart rate variability, stress and temperature, but also activities such as walking or sleeping phases are collected. The 15-strong team supplied the technology for the Corona data donation app of the Robert Koch Institute (RKI): Since the beginning of April, citizens have been able to voluntarily provide data via smartphone, fitness bracelet or smartwatch in order to "drastically reduce the number of unrecorded cases of (note: COVID-19) infections," explained the RKI expert and Professor Dirk Brockmann from Berlin’s Humboldt University. The Berlin-based start-up ”Thryve” (mHealth Pioneers) also uses both. RKI data donation app: vital data promote understanding of corona The pioneers are relying on smart weapons: data and artificial intelligence. These are just two of many examples of how scientists, start-ups and technology companies hope to gain the upper hand in the fight against COVID-19. An algorithm evaluates the data to provide early warning of symptoms of the coronavirus. Sensors on the neck check breathing activity, coughing, increased temperature and heartbeat. The latter is also the aim of a patch created at Northwestern University in the USA. A helmet that uses an infrared camera and an AR headset to measure the body temperature of 200 people within a radius of five metres: the invention of the Chinese start-up KC Wearable is designed to detect fever and thus an infection with COVID-19.
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