Looking for new solutions: Pairing traditional gadgets with new algorithms

Although gadgets were driving technology adoption even before the lockdown, smart technologies have been brought into focus by the pandemic. More companies rely on artificial intelligence and machine learning algorithms to improve efficiency and keep workspaces functional. Increasingly traditional gadgets are being pared with new algorithms to find workable solutions.

Warehouses run by Amazon started using smart technologies to alert authorities whenever people breach the 6 feet distance to maintain social distancing guidelines. For this, Amazon uses artificial intelligence to create a 6 feet radius around every employee. Once an employee breaches that parameter, it alerts them about social distancing.