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Ontario Investing in Wearable Contact Tracing Technology | Kawartha 411 creating 68 new jobs, including software, firmware and hardware engineers and machine learning specialists. "In our fight against COVID-19, Ontario is continuing to support companies like Facedrive that are developing the innovative technology that adds new layers of defence against this global pandemic," said Vic Fedeli, Minister of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade. "Through the Ontario Together Fund, we will continue to make sure that companies like Facedrive have the resources they need to supply emergency products and innovative solutions during these challenging times while creating skilled jobs for our province." Facedrive developed TraceSCAN's made-in-Ontario AI-powered solution, which can track staff exposure to COVID-19 without GPS information, in partnership with the University of Waterloo. Workers simply wear the device and the wearable technology will communicate with others within a workplace environment. If users are less than six feet apart, the device beeps to alert the users. If anyone in the working premises reports COVID-19 positive, HR or health and safety officials can log in to the online reporting dashboard and see who they have been in contact with and their risk level, then send an exposure notification. Contact tracing will be made simple with all of the close proximity contact having been recorded. The technology is designed to help mitigate the spread of COVID-19 for workplaces and settings where smartphone use is limited or prohibited, such as airlines, schools, construction sites, and long-term care homes. It will add another layer of safety and protection through identification and isolation of new COVID-19 cases, tracing back the interactions and helping to stop the contamination. TraceSCAN has already been deployed in multiple pilot projects, leading to the successful adoption of the technology in real- Charges Laid After Police Called To Residence Multiple Times In One... Police Investigating Robbery At Bank Of Montreal in Lindsay This Afternoon Ontario Investing in Wearable Contact Tracing Technology | Kawartha 411 https://www.kawartha411.ca/2021/02/18/ontario-investing-in-wearable-c... 2 of 6 2/19/2021, 9:38 AM