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Message: [QUOTE="jostar1, post: 3526255, member: 1737"] [B]Connecticut cops are testing a 'pandemic drone' to monitor people's temperatures and detect sneezing and coughing[/B] Police in Westport, Connecticut, are testing a 'pandemic drone' which can monitor and detect people with infectious respiratory conditions in public areas amid the coronavirus pandemic. The drone is said to monitor people's temperatures from 190 feet away and has the ability to detect sneezing, coughing and heart and breathing rates using sensors and computer vision. Police are working with Canadian drone company Draganfly, who first revealed in late March that they were working with the University of South Australia (UniSA) to develop the pandemic drone. They are using the technology as part of a 'Flatten the Curve Pilot Program', which hopes to provide better health monitoring support for potential at-risk groups. It marks the first in a series of test flights near New York City area COVID-19 hotspots to identify social distancing and detect symptoms presented by the virus. The company initially expected the equipment to be ready in six months time but Westport police are already testing it out, a news release said Tuesday. Researchers involved say the drone demonstrated that heart rate and breathing rate can be measured with high accuracy within 16 to 32 feet of people, using drones and at distances of up to 190 feet with fixed cameras. And it uses special algorithms to spot someone sneezing and coughing. The UniSA team led by Defence Chair of Sensor Systems Professor Javaan Chahl believes the UAV could be a viable screening tool for the COVID-19 pandemic. Fairfield County, Connecticut is considered the epicenter in the state for the spread of the Coronavirus and Westport was the first town to report the most cases of infections. [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8242777/Cops-Connecticut-testing-pandemic-drone-monitor-peoples-temperatures.html[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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