Distance Assistant (Amazon)

• A website link to Amazon's Distance Assistant is provided herein.
• On June 16, 2020, Amazon announced that it had "developed a new artificial intelligence system to help maintain social distancing in its warehouses, and it plans to share the underlying technology for free."
• The technology involves a 50-inch monitor, camera, and laptop set up on amount, which tracks how closely people are walking near one other and shows workers walking by the device augmented-reality circles around them.
• The circles remain green if people are six feet apart but turn red if they get too close.
• The first Distance Assistant systems have already been set up in some Amazon buildings, with plans to deploy hundreds of these devices in the coming weeks. This will help in providing employees with immediate visual feedback.
• The software used in Distance Assistant will be provided as open-source, so other companies can create their own similar devices without paying Amazon a licensing fee.
• A video description of its operation technique is provided herein.
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RightCrowd

• A website link to RightCrowd is provided herein.
• RightCrowd is located in Monroe Township, New Jersey, United States.
• The RightCrowd's proven Bluetooth technology (BLE) is installed in a digital badge or security access card and helps to monitors social distancing across workplaces. The technology also enables rapid contact tracing in the event a person becomes infected.
• When the wearable device detects a colleague is within 6 feet of another colleague, "it prompts the users with a visual beacon to try to increase their distance.
• RightCrowd can be reached via email at info@rightcrowd.com and sales@rightcrowd.com or phone number at +1 858-356-2005.
• Some key point of contact at the company include;
•  Peter Hill - Chief executive officer
•  Darren Bain - Chief technology officer.