--- title: Opportunities for Innovation during COVID-19 description: When a worldwide crisis ignites, so does innovation. Find out the ways in which human-centered thinking has driven significant innovation during COVID. image: https://blog.experiencepoint.com/hubfs/Blog%20-%20Stock%20Images/AdobeStock_313209466.jpg --- Primary Menu *Opportunities for Innovation during COVID-19* March 24, 2020 | Innovation [by ExperiencePoint POSTED ON March 24, 2020](https://blog.experiencepoint.com/author/experiencepoint) [mailto:?body=https://blog.experiencepoint.com/opportunities-for-innovation-during-covid-19](mailto:?body=https://blog.experiencepoint.com/opportunities-for-innovation-during-covid-19) It is no exaggeration to say that our country and the world are experiencing a health and economic crisis unlike any we have seen in our lifetimes. COVID-19 is a serious virus that has the potential to negatively affect our lives in the days, weeks, and months to come. However, as seasoned human-centered design practitioners know, within problems and pain points lie opportunities for new and innovative solutions. While medical institutions across the world have been strained by the demand for a vaccine or cure for the virus, this pressure has already sparked a new wave of innovation in clinical research. According to [Stat News](https://www.statnews.com/2020/03/04/innovation-mitigating-coronavirus-threat/), a number of laboratories are employing human-centered design to improve both the accuracy and efficiency of testing for COVID-19. [Veredus Laboratories](https://vereduslabs.com/), an organization based in Singapore, is developing a new commercially available “lab-on-chip” that will allow patients to be tested for three different strains of coronavirus within three hours. Chinese telecom provider ZTE also announced it will be launching a remote [5G diagnosis system](https://www.nsmedicaldevices.com/news/zte-helps-china-telecom-realise-chinas-first-5g-remote-diagnosis-of-new-coronavirus-pneumonia/) that will allow for doctors to connect with patients and diagnose coronavirus cases remotely. Where virus containment and patient-monitoring is concerned, hospitals and airports across the world have begun to rely on companies that, through a human-centered approach, are seeking to spot and resolve illness before it begins. [BioSticker](https://xconomy.com/boulder-denver/2020/01/28/biointellisense-debuts-sticker-sensor-to-capture-patient-data-remotely/), for example, is a sensor developed by Denver-based digital health startup BioIntelliSense that captures patient data such as temperature, respiratory rate, heart rate, and even cough, all remotely. The sensor tracks a person’s vitals for 30 days and allows doctors to step in with medical intervention as its required. Another example is the GermFalcon, a germ-killing robot developed by Dimer UVC Innovations. The bot uses ultraviolet-C light to kill viruses, bacteria, and superbugs in surfaces and in the surrounding air and Dimer UVC Innovations has offered to provide its services to a number of airports and hospitals fighting the coronavirus outbreak and spread. COVID-19 is an immense global crisis that is, unfortunately, far from over. But In a recent article for[Entrepreneur magazine](https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/347669), University of Cambridge fellow Hamza Mudassir argues that the pandemic will have a direct impact on biological, psychological, and economic dimensions of everyday life and innovation. As an example, he reminds that the rapid growth of e-commerce giant Ali Baba was a direct result of the SARS pandemic in 2002-2004 — a time when so many individuals yearned for a safer, easier way to buy and sell merchandise. In a similar way, the financial crisis of 2008 saw a major disruption in the everyday lives of everyday humans. In response, companies such as Airbnb and Uber were born. Both businesses recognized a pervasive eagerness among individuals to capitalize on their personal assets — be it a spare room in their house or a seat in their car — as a means to bring in extra cash flow during the down period. As such, innovation grew in the face of a crisis. The event of a pandemic, while devastating in its effects, has the potential to drive serious innovation and beneficial practices. 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