The government launched its #covidsafe tracking app this week but there are other technologies that could be used to track and fight the spread of #coronavirusaustralia. And many raise concerns about privacy. #abc730 @nadiasdaly #COVID19Aus
“Heart rate can be measured in two different ways. From a drone, we normally would measure it by a subtle change in skin tone that's associated with each heartbeat. And it's caused by changing the volume of blood in the skin.” Prof. Javaan Chahl @UniversitySA #abc730
Prof. Javaan Chahl is developing software for a #pandemicdrone which can monitor heart rate, body temperature and social distancing. #abc730 #coronavirusaustralia
“I think people will rightly be somewhat concerned whether they're being spied upon” @TobyWalsh, artificial intelligence expert. #abc730 #pandemicdrone #coronavirusaustralia
“I think the devil is in the detail how it's rolled out what safeguards are put in place, there's every reason that this technology could be a useful tool in our armoury.” @TobyWalsh, AI expert. #abc730 #coronavirusaustralia
“But equally, there are concerns that you'd have about people's privacy and about whether when normality has returned that we are not finding ourselves in a big brother surveillance state.” @TobyWalsh, AI expert. #abc730 #pandemicdrone #coronavirusaustralia
Places like Hong Kong are already using tracking technology to monitor people’s movements during 14 days of quarantine when they arrive in the territory. “I have a GPS bracelet that’s linked to my smartphone.” Andrew Ryder, Hong Kong resident. #abc730 #coronavirus
Rustom Kanga has developed automatic fever-detecting software which uses artificial intelligence to scan crowds and spot people with a high temperature. #abc730 #coronavirusaustralia
“It’s privacy protected in that everyone's face can be redacted so that nobody sees anything. However, if there's a person with a fever, that person's image is sent to the smartphone or the paramedic so he can be checked out.” Rustom Kanga. #abc730 #coronavirus
“Those modern technologies are not going to be a panacea. They're not going to allow us to go back to our normal lives, we are still going to have to keep ourselves isolated physically as much as possible from each other until we have a vaccine.” @TobyWalsh #abc730 #covid19aus
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