Wonder

Research Outline

Prepared for Leo Y. | Delivered June 4, 2020

SYMPTOMsense - adoptability, competitors and limitations

Goals

To assess the adoptability of the device SYMPTOMsense at airports, train stations, mall entrances, hospitals and businesses in Russia, focusing the findings on news publications, possible competitor devices, site of manufacture and temperature dependent accuracy of results.

Early Findings

Adoptability within US and worldwideThe SYMPTOMsense Medical Evaluation Gateway has been reviewed by major news outlets in USA such as Newsday, Fox news and wcbsnews radio.
The walk-through medical device is proposed to be installed in hospitals, nursing homes and military bases in US. Other potential clients include Major League Baseball, the NBA and the NFL franchises. The device has been pre-ordered by Greek government officials (10 units costing $35,000 each) as well. 
The device measures blood oxygen levels, external body temperature within 0.2 degrees of accuracy (Celsius), heart rate, respiration rate, height and weight.
Main competitorsThere are currently no health scanning devices that provide information about blood oxygen levels, heart rate, respiration rate and body temperature. The devices that come closest to SYMPTOMsense include infrared body temperature measuring devices and scanners.
The top Infrared scanning devices currently in use are FevIR Scan Fever Screening System by Thermoteknix, RedSpeed scanners ($30,000/device), FLIR Systems ($5000-$15,000). 
Thermal scanners however, cannot detect asymptomatic carriers for disease such as Covid-19 where patients may not exhibit a fever.
Site of Manufacture of SYMPTOMsenseThe primary headquarter and manufacturing location for Soter Technologies is Ronkonkoma, New York. We found no evidence of site expansion over the past decade in any news articles which suggest New York is their primary site for SYMPTOMsense.
Temperature dependent accuracy of resultsThere are no news articles or scientific journals that provide evidence that freezing outside temperatures affect accuracy of results for SYMPTOMsense.