Imagine all members in a household connected to the internet in the morning instead of going for a walk and spending the rest of the day online. Five to six hours on zoom or meet instead of a physical interaction. Two to three hours browsing the web instead of roaming the office and college halls. Three hours scrolling endlessly to Instagram, twitter and Facebook instead of talking with friends offline. Four hours on gaming instead of playing a physical sport. And Netflix and chill for four hours or a whole night instead of theaters. Breaking this imagination, we all did this for a year. Can you imagine?
Nobody ever thought that most of the people in the world would spend almost 14-16 hours staring at a computer screen. After the outrage of COVID-19, the work, school, college and any physical interaction shifted from offline to online. This was indeed a crucial need of the time. The use of data accessed by a household through the use of tablet, mobile, laptop, etc skyrocketed compared to the previous years.
The Internet has been used immensely in every field like education, health, communication, transportation. It seems like the internet has taken over the whole world. This was the scene before the pandemic as well but during and post pandemic situation has pushed everyone towards the future at very high speed. Most of the companies grew exponentially covering more demands than they did in the past 2-3 years while other companies had also faced downfall at the similar rates.
Talking about the growing part, me, you and everyone in every corner of the world grew a little, learned a little be it at personal level or at the professional level. There is a saying that the show must go on. During this huge crisis, life went online like a new normal. This life of new normal included many technological changes. The most needed thing after the basic need turned out to be the internet. Some people really used technology in a very wise way during this situation. They helped people with small innovations or even collaborated with small businesses and companies. Thank you to all those people who opened their hands for support.
COVID-19 made the world realize how heavily we rely on human interactions to make things work. This has provided a strong push to roll out the usage of robots and research on robotics. Some innovations like drones which were known to capture the aerial view of some places were used to transport the medical assistance to those places which were far from the city. Not only medical help, drones were used to deliver basic needs to many people. Moreover, robots are being used to disinfect areas and surfaces where the virus is suspected to be significantly affected or on the public service areas. They have been used for food deliveries to families during the quarantine. This is all due to advancements in technology referred to as telehealth. It is an effective way made possible by technology to prevent the spread of COVID-19. The doctors can diagnose patients through chat box and video conferencing using their cell phone, computer, or laptop. These technological changes are acting as bridges between doctors, patients and health systems. Telemedicine is another move of technology which has provided new health updates to doctors even though you are homebound.
Technology has enhanced distance learning among the students and teachers. This period has made us use many online platforms like Google Meet, Zoom, etc at maximum. We all did not even imagine this in a conscience that we would have our academic classes, meetings, conferences, even dates virtually. This new online technology involves the use of artificial intelligence- enables robotic teachers. Even many companies and business organizations have pleaded with their workers to work from home.We all know that this new normal of work from home became quite popular that it broke all the records of using virtual private networks, voice over internet protocols using various platforms. Thus, technology has accelerated to its maximum in this era of COVID-19.
Similarly, we all are very well-informed about the whole process of scrolling through the online shopping app during lockdown. Due to high demand created by all of us, technology has crossed one more record for us by developing robotic deliveries and contactless digital payments. COVID-19 has transformed the status of online shopping from a nice-to-have to a must-have around the world. Contactless delivery services and robot deliveries came into light after the outbreak.
Although quarantine measures have reduced in-person interactions significantly, human creativity has brought the party online. Cloud raves and online streaming of concerts have gained traction around the world. And of course, we all remember how we used to call our friends to play PUBG or LUDO or Among Us all day. This was how we used to entertain ourselves. All thanks to technology.
COVID-19 has demonstrated the importance of digital readiness. Building the necessary infrastructure to support a digitized world and stay current in the latest technology is very essential in a post COVID-19 world. The advancement of technology has played its best role in ensuring and maintaining ongoing activities without interruption. This exceptional development in the field of technology is called tech-celebration. So, it feels different after spending a year staring at a screen. Don't you?
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