NASA Is Using Fitbits to Prevent COVID Spread Among Astronauts: Fitness trackers could help NASA detect COVID-19 early [Neoscope, February 2021]

Title:

NASA Is Using Fitbits to Prevent COVID Spread Among Astronauts

 

Author:

Victor Tangermann

 

Published:

Neoscope, 11 February 2021

https://futurism.com/neoscope/nasa-fitbits-prevent-covid-spread-astronauts

 

From the article:

To prevent the spread of COVID-19 across its facilities, NASA is handing out Fitbit devices to 1,000 of its employees, including 150 astronauts. 

 

The wrist-worn devices can track several key health metrics, including body temperature. By logging all that data, the agency is hoping to get ahead of any outbreaks of COVID in any of its facilities, which stretch across the entire country.