Innovation and possible long-term impact driven by COVID-19: Manufacturing, personal protective equipment and digital technologies.

ABSTRACT: It is known that discrete events causing extreme societal and economic pressures as well as technological opportunity are major driving factors of innovation. Due to the presence of both of these factors during the COVID-19 pandemic it was hypothesized that there would be significant on-going innovation throughout society during the pandemic, with many of the innovations having the ability to have long-term societal impact. Analysis of literature and patent databases determined sectors of accelerated innovation to include manufacturing, personal protective equipment and digital technologies. The ability of flexible and advanced manufacturing technologies to provide more adaptable production capabilities that are less susceptible to disruption, make it likely that these technologies will be

SUBMITTER: Zimmerling A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9754673 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature