Hard hat device facilitates social distancing, contact tracing

This spring, managers at a 2,200-person European construction site discovered that a worker had contracted COVID-19. It was critical to find out where he had been during his time on the 70-story tower project.

To help trace the sick worker's movements, they turned to a technology already in use on the site. WakeCap hard-hat devices track the location of workers in order to improve efficiency and safety, but construction managers realized the wearable system might be able to help them recreate the affected worker's interactions with others.

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