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×Please wait...Ever since COVID-19 first began wreaking havoc in China, multiple Chinese and American companies have been rushing to popularize wearable thermal scanners that can quickly detect a key symptom — — in public places. Now the busiest airport in Italy, Rome’s Aeroporti di Roma-Fiumicino, says it’s the first in Europe to adopt a “smart helmet” that uses augmented reality and a thermal scanner to screen visitors, helping the facility keep sick people off planes.Similar to a motorcycle or police riot helmet in design, the is made by Shenzhen, China’s , and looks intimidating from the outside — quite unlike the lightweight pairing of &nbsp;feted in March. A wearer’s eyes are covered by a tinted and/or mirrored lens, while a large external thermal scanning camera points forward.While like the N901 have obvious value in helping businesses and public places more safely reopen, the military-like design could be off-putting to travelers. The sleek helmets have been described as Robocop-like, working in conjunction with separate masks to dehumanize the wearer. On the other hand, the large lens hides a highly functional color waveguide display, which can be used to simultaneously screen numerous people at once, automatically triggering sonic and visual alarms whenever someone registers a potentially dangerous temperature.GamesBeat Summit Next 2022While there’s also a single-person temperature measurement mode, the “large crowd” version shows the wearer both a real-time heat map and maximum temperature readings keyed to multiple individuals identified by the Android-based hardware and software. Thermal measurements can be taken at safe distances in the 8- to 15-foot range, while a traditional optical camera paired with 5G, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth hardware can be wirelessly connected to a database for facial recognition. As a result, N901 wearers can move through crowds and rather than standing in a fixed position screening one person at a time and conceivably slowing the progress of security lines in the process.Rome’s airport is currently using three of the N901 helmets, with plans to add additional units as passengers begin to travel again. It remains to be seen whether Kuang-Chi’s solution takes off in other airports, but its collection of thermal, optical, and wireless features — as well as its ability to work at up to twice the distance of some rivals — will likely make it appealing to other airports, as well as businesses looking for quick thermal screening solutions.VentureBeat's mission is to be a digital town square for technical decision-makers to gain knowledge about transformative enterprise technology and transact.Join gaming leaders live this October 25-26 in San Francisco to examine the next big opportunities within the gaming industry such as esports, user-generated content, influencers, and more.Did you miss a session from Transform 2022? Head over to the on-demand library for all of our featured sessions.We may collect cookies and other personal information from your interaction with ourwebsite.For more information on the categories of personal information we collect and the purposes we usethem for,please view our

×Please wait...Ever since COVID-19 first began wreaking havoc in China, multiple Chinese and American companies have been rushing to popularize wearable thermal scanners that can quickly detect a key symptom — — in public places. Now the busiest airport in Italy, Rome’s Aeroporti di Roma-Fiumicino, says it’s the first in Europe to adopt a “smart helmet” that uses augmented reality and a thermal scanner to screen visitors, helping the facility keep sick people off planes.Similar to a motorcycle or police riot helmet in design, the is made by Shenzhen, China’s , and looks intimidating from...

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