Singapore tests distancing dongles to track mingling at meetings

Singapore: A Singapore business gathering is using movement dongles to make sure participants keep their distance, as the region's business hub prepares to start hosting big events safely as the world looks to move on from the coronavirus pandemic.

The pocket-sized dongle, which utilises Bluetooth technology, tracks users' information such as location, distance and interaction time between attendees at a two-day tech conference that started on Wednesday. The data collected will be uploaded to a system intermittently and organisers can check if anyone is breaching the government's social distancing rules and intervene if necessary.