Award Category: Industrial & Commercial Technology

NE360 is a mobile payment solution that provides complete freedom to
combine any tablet or mobile device, any payment terminal, and any
operating system to create a flexible mobile point of sale solution.
Integrated charging, instant mobility and USB connectivity enable
retailers to go between retail floor, curbside and everywhere in
between.

Card App enables financial institutions to offer consumers a full suite
of digital experiences to help them manage, track, control and monitor
debit/credit card usage and spend from a mobile app, while providing
significant operational benefits to financial institutions.

Paychex, Inc. is the first HR solutions provider to give employers the
ability to use real-time payments to deliver pay to their employees
immediately. Offering this increased level of flexibility becomes
critically important when employers need to make payroll adjustments due
to emergency situations, such as those introduced during the pandemic.

The BinaxNOW COVID-19 Ag Card can be used as a first line of defense to
identify people who are currently infected and who should isolate
themselves to help prevent the spread of the disease. The test is fast,
reliable, affordable and portable, and Abbott is producing it at mass
scale to greatly expand access to testing.

Ortho’s COVID-19 testing solutions cover both virus detection and immune
response. Our antigen and antibody tests are fast, accurate and
reliable, and ideal options for mass testing. They run on
high-throughput VITROS® Systems, already deployed in over 5,600
hospitals and labs worldwide.

As a global citizen NEO took immediate action to support the people
during the COVID-19 global pandemic to pivot from it’s core business
models to focus resources and innovation to create a menu of COVID 19
testing platforms. NEO initially developed and launched a PCR test which
has expanded to include serology, saliva, and respiratory panels.

COVID did not allow for much incubation for innovation. RaMHS provides
physical & technological solutions to combat the spread of COVID by
providing screening/testing support in a controlled environment outside
of buildings where contamination risk is greatest. We integrated small
business innovations to eliminate the need for separate procurement.

With the tireless and overwhelming demand on healthcare resources
presented by COVID-19, increased access to care is needed to handle
patients outside of the traditional ER and Hospitals. The Life365
Virtual Care Platform connects patient vitals at home, monitored by a
variety of solution partners to expand healthcare to home and beyond.

The outbreak of Covid-19 in China caused a surge of people seeking
medical consultations. In response, Baidu made its online doctor
consultation platform “Ask Doctor” free for Covid-19 inquiries, giving
people easy access to personalized, professional medical opinions about
the virus. Ask Doctor has handled over 170 million inquiries amid
Covid-19.

Microgrids are a ubiquitous infrastructure solution which can optimize
for emissions reduction and cost while offering the option for islanded
resiliency in the event of power outages. XENDEE’s Cloud Computing
Microgrid Platform is a groundbreaking addition to the Distributed
Energy investment planning, technical design and implementation market.