Covid19 worker safety tag with social distancing warnings and contact tracing functionality .

这笔资金将使我们能够对向我们现有的标签添加软件的实用性进行技术可行性研究，以便于在两个或更多工人佩戴的标签彼此接近时发出接近警告(视觉、声音和振动)。我们的混合技术标签包含蓝牙低能量(BLE)技术，我们认为这是推动工人标签之间连接的最合适技术，因为它的传输范围和低能量。标签可以配置成允许附近和接触时间的变化，从而能够适应不同的工作情况。这些“接触”将以电子方式存储和恢复，以帮助追踪联系人，并为企业提供数据，以教育工人，特别是那些经常“犯法”的人，同时还向操作员提供意外或长时间接触的实时警告，使各方能够迅速分开。可行性研究还将考虑工人身上的标签位置，并在充分考虑这些位置的实用性的情况下，确定最佳的“穿戴”位置，以避免阻碍工人的生产力/舒适度。Extronics是无线技术领域的世界领先者，从事工人安全跟踪设备的生产和营销已有12年之久，出口业务遍及全球，占收入的90%。Extronics的客户一直在询问添加接触者追踪功能的可行性。可行性研究还将考虑工人身上的标签位置，并在充分考虑这些位置的实用性的情况下，确定最佳的“穿戴”位置，以避免阻碍工人的生产力/舒适度。还将考虑利用目前的X30功能来提高合规性，例如记录操作员何时激活了洗手液，甚至将合规性连接到门禁系统。这项可行性研究的另一个要素是考虑“值班”类型的标签，该标签将主要针对内部工作环境，特别是操作员倾向于在工作场所四处走动的环境。Extronics还计划与5D Health Protection Group Ltd(5D)合作，考虑在标签中添加传感器和在标签外壳的塑料中添加抗菌添加剂的可行性和优点。5D一直在与华威大学合作研究抗菌塑料，并拥有与卫生部门相关的传感器专业知识。5D还将在清理我们的标签方面提供指导和支持。

This funding will enable us to perform a technical feasibility study into the practicalities of adding software to our existing tags to facilitate a proximity warning (visual, sound and vibration) when two or more worker worn tags come close to each other. Our hybrid technology tag encompasses Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) technology, which we feel is the most appropriate technology to drive connectivity between the workers' tags because of its transmission range and low energy. The tags would be configurable to allow variation in proximity and contact time to enable different work situations to be accommodated. These "encounters" would be electronically stored and recoverable to aid contact tracing and also provide enterprises with data to educate workers, in particular those who are regular "offenders" whilst also giving operatives a real time warning of accidental or prolonged encounters, allowing the parties to swiftly separate. The feasibility study will also consider location of the tag on workers and establish the best "wear" position giving due consideration to the practicalities of these locations so as not to hinder worker productivity / comfort. Extronics are world leaders in wireless technology and have been involved in the production and marketing of worker safety tracking devices for 12 years and have a global presence with exports, accounting for 90% of revenue. Customers of Extronics have been making enquiries as to the feasibility of adding contact tracing functionality. The feasibility study will also consider location of the tag on workers and establish the best "wear" position giving due consideration to the practicalities of these locations so as not to hinder worker productivity / comfort. Consideration will also be given as to utilising the current X30 functionality to improve compliance, such as recording when operatives have activated hand sanitizers or even connecting compliance to access control systems. A further element of this feasibility study is to consider a "watch" type tag which would be aimed at predominantly internal working environments, in particular where operatives tend to move around the workplace. Extronics also plan to work with 5D Health Protection Group Ltd (5D) to consider the feasibility and merits adding sensors into tags and antimicrobial additives into the plastics of the tag casing. 5D have been working with Warwick University on research into antimicrobial plastics and have sensor expertise relative to the health sector. 5D will also provide guidance and support on cleansing of our tags.