Air Canada plans to test COVID-19 contact tracing technology that researchers at Waterloo Engineering helped develop

William Melek and Patricia Nieva and a team of students have been working with Facedrive, a Toronto-based company, on an application and wearable devices that use artificial intelligence (AI) and Bluetooth technologies.

“The technology enables the creation and management of safer work environments needed during this critical phase of the pandemic,” Melek said in a media release.

The system, called TraceSCAN, will supplement the COVID contract tracing application sponsored by the Canadian government during a planned pilot project at the airline. READ MORE