Air Canada plans to test COVID-19 contact tracing technology that researchers at ݮƵ Engineering helped develop

Wednesday, October 21, 2020

Air Canada plans to test COVID-19 contact tracing technology that researchers at ݮƵ Engineering helped develop

Ի and a team of students have been working with Facedrive, a Toronto-based company, on an application and wearable devices that use artificial intelligence (AI) and Bluetooth technologies.

“The technology enables the creation and management of safer work environments needed during this critical phase of the pandemic,” Melek said in a .

The system, called TraceSCAN, will supplement the COVID contract tracing application sponsored by the Canadian government during a planned pilot project at the airline.