Showing posts with label use of technologies during pandemics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label use of technologies during pandemics. Show all posts

Friday, April 24, 2020

Connecticut town tests 'pandemic drone' to find fevers. Experts question if it would work.; NBC News, April 22, 2020

Minyvonne Burke, NBC News; Connecticut town tests 'pandemic drone' to find fevers. Experts question if it would work.

"A Connecticut police department said it plans to begin testing a "pandemic drone" that could detect whether a person 190 feet away has a fever or is coughing.

But an expert on viruses and a privacy advocate question whether such technology can work and, if it does, whether it would help in controlling the spread of the coronavirus."