U.S. student's app offers roadmap to Singapore contact tracing tech

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Singapore kicked off a global rush to develop contact tracing apps for the novel coronavirus, but the project actually drew inspiration from a 2014 U.S. high school project that won an international prize but found no backers - until now by peard33

The Zero - See Safety Measures mobile app, which aims to offer users information about the novel coronavirus disease safety measures at local businesses and provide contact tracing functionality, is displayed on an iPhone in Oakland, California, U.S., June 9, 2020. REUTERS/Paresh Dave

“I got really interested in basically automating a lot of these contact tracing efforts,” Suri said, noting a staff shortage in remote parts of Africa during the Ebola epidemic. “My mom had texted me saying, ‘You’ve got to look at this virus in Wuhan and do something about it,’” Suri said, referring to the city in China where the coronavirus outbreak began. “I didn’t take it seriously, though, and week later the Singapore government is reaching out.”

Singapore was “just looking around for any way to speed up the development process and we fit in,” Cheerla said. Many other governments are monitoring progress in Singapore, where about 25% of the country’s 5.6 million residents have downloaded TraceTogether. Singapore has adopted a costly solution: Giving residents small tracing gadgets, possibly worn on a lanyard, that do not require smartphones.

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peard33 At least there is an enterprising Asian 🐅....

peard33 Holy shit this phone is ugly.

peard33 SriLanka intelligence services have out beaten all of them with minimum hi-tech but using their great know-how & brilliant talents on lessons learnt in dealing with hitler's younger brother Prabakran's butcher army

peard33 Imagine if the technology has been put to bad use to monitor dissidents.

peard33 what a joke. just like the uk

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