Valley Nordic
Chander Chawla, a Silicon Valley entrepreneur and Arne Tonning, a Norwegian Venture Capitalist, discuss global perspectives on startup business, technology, and culture. The views on the podcast are solely personal and not of our employers or of the organizations we belong to.
Valley Nordic
Valley Nordic S2 E14: COVIDtech
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Chander Chawla / Arne Tonning
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Season 2
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Episode 14
We discuss how technology is being used to end the coronavirus pandemic. We look at the tech in two categories 1) Cure - respirators, ventilators, and treatment 2) Prevention - vaccines, testing, and tracking. Furthemore, we explain how the new Apple/Google initiative works for contact tracing.
Useful Links
1. Open Source ventilator projects
2. Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI)
3. Norwegian contact tracing app
4. Coronavirus growth rate tracking in the US by state.
5. Vaccines and treatments in development
6. Apple/Google contact tracing announcement
7. CRISPR Gene Editing for Coronavirus testing