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Ontario Investing in Wearable Contact Tracing Technology to Help Protect Workers from COVID-19
Innovative Made-In-Ontario technology will help stop the spread of COVID-19 while creating skilled jobs
SCARBOROUGH The Ontario government is providing Facedrive Inc. with $2.5 million through the Ontario Together Fund to accelerate the deployment of its wearable contact tracing technology, TraceSCAN, which alerts users within a workplace who have been in close contact with individuals who have tested positive for COVID-19. The company anticipates manufacturing about 150,000 devices under this project and creating 68 new jobs, including software, firmware and hardware engineers and machine learning specialists. In our fight against COVID-19, Ontario is continuing to support companies like Facedrive that are developing the innovative technology that adds new layers of defence against this global pandemic, said Vic Fedeli, Minister of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade. T
Published: February 19th, 2021
The Ontario government is investing $2.5 million in an Ontario-made wearable contact tracing device that will alert users if they’ve been near someone with COVID-19.
The funds will be provided to Facedrive Inc. through the Ontario Together Fund to accelerate the deployment of its wearable contact tracing app, TraceSCAN, according to a Feb. 18 news release.
The company anticipates manufacturing about 150,000 devices under the project and creating 68 new jobs, including software, firmware and hardware engineers and machine learning specialists.
The government launched the $50 million Ontario Together Fund last year to help businesses retool their operations to produce PPE and develop technology-driven solutions and services for businesses to reopen safely.