The Pentagon is working with a prominent technology company to use body-worn sensors to identify Americans infected with the novel coronavirus even before symptoms start to appear.
The public announcement on Thursday comes as continued shortages of testing kits across the country still hamper efforts by U.S. authorities to understand the full scope of the COVID-19 pandemic and stop its spread inside the United States.
On Monday, the U.S. Army began soliciting additional bids for contracts totaling $25 million to develop wearableThe Army hopes to award up to 10 contracts in the coming weeks, the paper reported. It's unclear exactly how much the Pentagon is spending on the physIQ and HJF project, but it's likely to cost tens of millions of dollars.
People rest and enjoy the day at Central Park while maintaining social distancing during the outbreak coronavirus in New York, May 2, 2020.Northwestern University announced on Monday that researchers there, in conjunction with Shirley Ryan Ability Lab in Chicago, have developed a wearable device to collect data and created"a set of data algorithms specifically tailored to catch early signs and symptoms associated with COVID-19.
HJF, which works to advance military medicine, and physIQ have previously joined forces to fight infectious diseases.
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