The impact is far-reaching! The epidemic has accelerated the development of five major technologies

, the new crown pneumonia epidemic is still raging around the world. The cumulative number of confirmed cases in various countries has reached 17 million, resulting in the deaths of more than 660,000 people. This rare pandemic is bound to profoundly change the development process of human society.
July 28th, the Center for Strategic and International Studies, an internationally renowned think tank, released a report, "Reshaping the Future of New Crown Pneumonia", which comprehensively analyzed the impact of the epidemic on global population, resources, science and technology, economy, security, governance and other areas by 2050. In particular, the report believes that the outbreak will accelerate the development of robots, materials manufacturing, the Internet of Things, artificial intelligence, biotechnology and other five major technologies.the outbreak, the Oxford Institute of Economics had predicted that 20m manufacturing jobs worldwide would be replaced by robots by 2030. The report says the new crown pneumonia outbreak will speed up the process of replacing humans with the robot.
the outbreak, robots have been widely used in delivery services, disinfection of public places and auxiliary health workers. In the healthcare industry, outbreaks are accelerating the use of robots in the day-to-day operations of hospitals, helping them diagnose, screen and care for patients more effectively. In the grocery industry, robots are quickly used to clean floors, shelves, and provide "contactless" delivery services.
, 21 countries have used ground and air robots for inter-epidemic crisis management, such as providing thermal imaging to identify infected citizens, assisting in the implementation of quarantine measures, broadcasting public service information, and so on.report that the outbreak will accelerate the pace of material manufacturing to replace traditional manufacturing technology. During the outbreak, material manufacturing (3D printing) demonstrated value in the emergency production of medical supplies. Practice has proved that in the global supply chain chaos, the material manufacturing can be very convenient to produce ventilators, personal protective equipment and other important components.
as the outbreak intensifies, researchers and businesses around the world are looking to use material-reinforcement manufacturing techniques to address material shortages. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the National Institutes of Health and the Department of Veterans Affairs have formed public-private partnerships with additive manufacturing companies to produce scarce supplies such as personal protective equipment. China is also using add-on manufacturing technology to mass produce goggles., the use of the Internet of Things in areas such as medicine increased significantly during the outbreak, according to the report. In the long run, the new crown pneumonia outbreak will strengthen people's dependence on the Internet of Things.
affected by the outbreak, businesses and government departments have increased the use of the Internet, the Internet of Things and digital devices in their offices, and this high level of digitization will remain even as the outbreak subsides. During the outbreak, the use of tele-interactive medical services increased significantly, some service providers said their use increased five to six times, the future of high-end consumer demand for telemedican and virtual consulting, will further increase the dependence on the Internet of Things.
addition, the Internet of Things has been used directly to fight outbreaks by sharing and analyzing data from monitoring tools such as medical systems and wearables in real time to track virus transmission and find close contacts.the new crown pneumonia epidemic is accelerating the overall pace of innovation in artificial intelligence technology, especially in the medical field faster than in any other field.
Currently, artificial intelligence has been combined with robotics to create autonomous systems that can interact with the real world and be used to predict the spread of viruses, monitor infection rates, track contacts, and inform reopening policies;
Of course, the new crown pneumonia outbreak also highlights the challenges facing AI, such as unsealable changes in human behavior before the crisis, and panic buying toilet paper and gardening equipment. This will prompt researchers to train future artificial intelligence to understand past crisis events, such as the Great Depression and the global financial crisis, to better predict future human behavior.report that the outbreak of neo-crown pneumonia has accelerated the process of entering the biotechnology century. Biotechnology is at the forefront of the fight against the epidemic, and this global public health crisis has demonstrated the stakes for leadership in biotechnology and its impact on economic competitiveness and national security. Converged technologies such as artificial intelligence and cloud computing are further accelerating development in this area.
, global bio-enterprises are racing to find vaccines and treatments for the new coronavirus. With advanced bioengineering technology, companies such as Moderna, CureVac and Inovio Pharmaceuticals are able to rapidly develop vaccines and conduct human trials faster than traditional methods. SwiftScale Biologics is using cell-free biotechnology to speed up the treatment of neocyto pneumonia, producing antibodies 10 times faster than other methods today.
the future, the global competition for biotechnology leadership will continue to intensify, and national investment in this area will continue to be at a high level.