Indian Startup Builds Thermal Camera Which May Screen COVID-19 Cases From 100 Metres Away

COVID-19 has truly brought the entire nation to a halt. People aren¡¯t stepping out of their homes. Many are working from home, while being responsible citizens, maintaining social distancing to prevent the spreading of the novel coronavirus.

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However, there are some who behave irresponsibly and want to move out ¡®just for fun¡¯. And if such people are infected with the coronavirus, they could spread this to more people and make matters worse. However, a startup in Gurugram might have a solution to this.

Staqu has launched a new thermal camera which uses the brilliance of AI to detect individuals with a body temperature of more than 37 degrees celsius and alerts the system.

If you¡¯re thinking that you¡¯ve heard about them before, you¡¯re not wrong. Last year, they were the minds behind developing an AI warden named JARVIS to monitor CCTVs in UP prisons. They¡¯ve already been helping authorities in states of Punjab, Telangana and Rajasthan.

They¡¯ve harnessed JARVIS¡¯s capabilities and paired it with a thermal camera to take down suspected people. The camera has a range of up to 100 metres and is capable of identifying multiple people at once. The camera system can really come in handy in places where you see a heavy flow of people -- railway stations, malls etc.

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The camera has a wide sensitivity range -- high sensitivity from -40 degrees celsius to 160 degrees celsius and low sensitivity from -40 degrees celsius to 550 degrees celsius.

¡°Our latest technology removes the human intervention in early stages of detection; through heatwave analysis and more, the technology helps in proactively taking preventive efforts to reduce the risk of the spreading the virus,¡± said Atul Rai, CEO and Co-founder, Staqu.

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