Accurate Tracking
By Dr. Nick van Terheyden aka Dr. Nick
Twitter: @drnic1
Host of Dr. Nick: The Incrementalist – #TheIncrementalist
On this episode I am talking to Mehdi Bentanfous, CEO of Kinexon (@kinexon) a company providing real-time intelligence and automation with precise localization and edge analytics and underlying technology used by the NFL for their successful COVID19 mitigation program that was featured in this published paper: Implementation and Evolution of Mitigation Measures, Testing, and Contact Tracing in the National Football League, August 9–November 21, 2020.
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Kinexon started life sports performance monitoring and analysis solution the tracked athletes and their movements during practice and games with technology that provided precise positional data in real-time. Importantly the technology answers questions that help improve performance but also contributed to decreases in injury rates and injury avoidance as well as improving fan enjoyment.
Unlike other real-time tracking systems that use various combinations of WiFi and Bluetooth/BLE which fail to achieve sufficient precision and stability, Kinexon relies on Ultra Wide Band (UWB) that uses close-range radio technology at extremely large frequency ranges with a bandwidth of at least 500 MHz, low power that does not interfere with other devices and an accuracy down to inches.
Safezone
With an unfolding COVID19 pandemic Kinexon realized the opportunity to expand their solution to provide tracking capabilities for sports teams and other industries for mitigation of disease impact. Their SafeTag sensor is attached to the individual and offers real-time feedback (visible and audible) when people are too close and the data also provides immediate insights for exposure management and contact tracing. Because of the design, they record contacts while maintaining privacy.
Listen in to hear the insights that have come from tracking systems installed in offices that have helped re-design workspaces, meeting design, and workflow. The technology has widespread potential beyond sports that includes healthcare, factories, film production, office spaces, financial institutions that will be a part of our return to a post-pandemic new normal that will help keep employees and customers safe but keep the business open.
About the Show
For years Dr. Nick van Terheyden aka Dr. Nick, has served as a voice on the impact of new technologies on healthcare, earning a reputation as a leading authority on where the future of medicine is going. Combining powers of observation and real world experience, Dr. Nick has seen many predictions come true and makes the case that innovations in healthcare can be accomplished incrementally, not just by moonshot events. Tune in to hear Dr. Nick: The Incrementalist and his guests discuss what the future of healthcare looks like, how we will get there, and what it will take to improve healthcare for all.
This article was originally published on the Dr. Nick – The Incrementalist blog and is republished here with permission.