An entrepreneur from Lithuania is developing an app to connect volunteers with elderly people in need during coronavirus lockdown. Andrius Milinavičius says many organisations have databases of who is in need and a separate one of volunteers. The idea behind the app is to connect the dots. “We connect to both of the databases and we visualise all the needs in the map,” he said. “You open an app and you see a nearby need from an elderly or senior citizen, maybe they need groceries, maybe they ask to collect a package or a very important need they need: medicines!”
High tech solutions like this often require more minds to succeed. That is why Milinavičius will take part in the EU versus the virus hackathon, which takes place from 24-26 April. The European Commission is teaming up with tech companies and hackers to find solutions and funding to solve the problems of the pandemic. Mariya Gabriel, European Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth says that they don’t just want good ideas, but they want creators to make their ideas come to life.
This time engineers, developers, designers won’t be able to get together in real life but it won’t stop them from working round-the-clock from their homes. Hackathons usually have cash prizes or promises of investment. In this case, there will be follow-up support from a new European Innovation Council (EIC) COVID platform to those with the best ideas.
Source: Euro News
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