Austin ISD launches mobile WiFi buses to help students with distance learning

The district says the buses will be strategically positioned at apartments and neighborhoods in North and South Austin that have been identified as having the highest needs.

Local group of engineers making ventilators with 3-D printer

A small group of engineers and healthcare workers in California are creating emergency ventilators using a relic from the U.S. Army in the 1960s.

Man gains access to Florida class being held on Zoom, exposes himself, district says

Earlier this week, the FBI warned the nation of so-called "Zoom-bombing," or video hacking, as more people have turned to video-teleconferencing amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Florida man uses drone to deliver toilet paper

A man from Florida devised an imaginative method of sending toilet paper to a neighbor on March 27 by delivering it using a drone.

Smartphone COVID-19 test created by Sugar Land company

DetectaChem says its detection technology will provide test results for COVID-19 detection in minutes via an automated smartphone app that provides the user real-time information.

Emergency room nurse begs Michiganders to stay home in Instagram video

An E.R. nurse with Ascension Health System shared a video on Instagram detailing the severity of the coronavirus in hospitals nowadays.

Cellphone 'heat map' shows coronavirus' potential spread as spring break revelers went home

Heat maps that show cellphone location data in the U.S. paint a disturbing picture of the potential spread of coronavirus as the country grapples with lockdown measures and tries to stem the virus' tide.

UF researchers designing low-cost, 'open source' ventilator made from hardware store items

A professor of anesthesiology at the University of Florida is building an "open source" ventilator out of common items from hardware stores, in an effort to meet the desperately high demand internationally due to the coronavirus pandemic.