Big Data and Facial Recognition

Access to public information has led to the creation of dashboards that are continuously monitoring the virus. Several organizations are developing dashboards using Big Data. Face recognition and infrared temperature detection techniques have been installed in all leading countries.

Chinese ai companies like Sensetime and Hanwang Technology have claimed to come up with a special facial recognition technology that can accurately recognize people even if they are masked.

Smartphone apps are also being used to keep a tab on people’s movements and ascertain whether they have been in contact with an infected person. CCTV cameras have also been installed at most

Network

With daily life changing for many around the world due to the coronavirus pandemic, a huge surge in internet traffic has led to worries over the resilience of the infrastructure that keeps things humming.

Internet service providers are seeing massive increase in broadband usage globally and they are offering their full support in these testing times.

Operators around the world are coping up with the uptick in demand. Still, streaming services from Netflix to Disney+ have taken steps to reduce their bandwidth utilization and cut picture quality to prevent network congestion. Right now, everything in the world is running on internet! locations to ensure that those who are quarantined do not step out.