INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
A startup that created a dedicated gadget to help ensure the safety of electrical industry workers has turned their talents to addressing
the need for similar workplace protections in the face of another threat: COVID-19
Vancouver-based Proxxi is launching Halo, a wrist-worn wearable device that can provide a vibration notification to alert someone of the
device is designed to help ensure compliance with social stance guidelines while on a job site or at a workplace, where essential work might
need to continue despite the ongoing global coronavirus pandemic, but where it can also be tricky to maintain proper distance between
workers without a reminder system.The wearable uses low-power Bluetooth to communicate with other bands, and the bands also retain a log of
for any respective employee who wears them in terms of sharing info between bands or back to Proxxi itself, for the purposes of privacy
appropriate social distancing
operate.Per-band pricing is set at $100, and the company will begin shipping them out on May 4
Deployment includes both mobile app and web-based dashboards for monitoring contact tracing and tracking compliance and efficacy of social
distancing measures on-site.
