"It was underway, and the Covid-19 accelerated everything." It is an understatement to say that confinement has changed our lifestyle. And in some cases, technology has been the miracle cure. "Everything has accelerated for a number of simple reasons, starting with social distancing," observes Antoine Lannuzel, editor-in-chief of the magazine We Demain , invited on Wednesday from Europe 1.
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On the one hand, there are the technologies that already existed and whose use has spread widely due to the coronavirus crisis. Contactless payment, for example, whose limit amount has been increased. The QR code also, which some restaurants now use to avoid passing their menus between dozens of hands. The use of telemedicine has increased tenfold during confinement. "The use of drones has also been tested in Paris to monitor the population. But we can see that they still give rise to a lot of debate on individual freedoms", points out Antoine Lannuzel.
"We will think more before touching something"
And then there are the uses that emerge in times of crisis. Didier heads a contactless product manufacturing company in Avignon. "Elevator manufacturers have contacted us about a technology allowing them to call an elevator without touching a button," he said at the microphone of Europe 1. And even if the crisis seems to be weakening in France, these innovations should find their place over time, says Anicet Mbida, innovation journalist at Europe 1. "Each year, there is gastroenteritis, the flu ... After Covid-19, we will think more before we touch something."
The confinement also changed our pace of life, preventing us from going to work, going to the gym, or shopping. Many activities seem to have developed an alternative at home. "We can now deposit a check by simply taking a photo. Or try on shoes by measuring your foot using a smartphone ... We have digitized a lot of activities that we used to do before" sums up Anicet Mbida.
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Mark Zuckerberg, boss of Facebook, announced during the health crisis that 50% of his employees would work remotely in a few years. "In France, we have been talking about telework for a long time. When we had to do it, we already had the means: emails, a laptop ... These habits will now develop," says Anicet. Mbida.
"We need safeguards"
New technologies, however practical, have their limits. "The digitization of the school implies, for example, that the necessary equipment is present in all homes, and that no student is in the white zone. This is far from being the case," points out Antoine Lannuzel. Another problem is that of the protection of our personal data. "There are suspicions about the Stop Covid tracking application, which may be legitimate, but many people give a lot of information at the same time to unknown applications or sites ...", he adds. And the editor concludes: "We need safeguards."