Australian company, Aspen Medical made their name providing medical
services in disaster zones around the world, and more lately built an
emergency COVID-19 hospital in Canberra very quickly. They are now
selling a Smart Badge for contact tracing.
https://www.aspenmedical.com/news/news/aspen-medical-signs-exclusive-agreement-distribute-smart-badge-wearable-devices
The idea is that each person at a workplace, or entertainment venue,
wears a watch sized device which tracks where they go and who they go
near. It will beep if you get too close to someone.
https://www.smartbadge.com.au/
Smart badges do have their limitations. I visited Andy Hopper at the
AT&T/Olivetti/Oracle Research Laboratory in Cambridge, who developed
such technology. http://cam-orl.co.uk/ab.html
In theory everyone at the lab wore an "active badge" all the time. But I
just followed someone in who had one and up to a very surprised
receptionist. Some staff found the devices intrusive, and left them in a
drawer, only using them like a key when needed. Here is a video of a
very young Andy demonstrating the badge:
https://youtu.be/-vQ48S1IVD4
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Tom Worthington http://www.tomw.net.au
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