Written by Allen Atienza
Image Courtesy of EEnovatics
Project "Buildings and Establishments Automated Temperature Reading Integrated Contact Tracing Equipment" (B.E.A.T.R.I.C.E.) is a project designed by UST Electrical Engineering graduates Engr. Soichi Takahama and Engr. Andrea Pauline de Guzman. For the most part, Project B.E.A.T.R.I.C.E. aims to make contact tracing more efficient and detailed.
Contact Tracing is a method to track your temperature, personal information, and also disinfect your hands when you enter an establishment, as all of which are required due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The only methods so far are analog (written forms) and QR code scans. However, due to the sheer repetitiveness of the methods some details in the forms get left out and long queues start to build up due to the process. Project B.E.A.T.R.I.C.E. solves this problem through reliability and efficiency.
“[I] started thinking of a way to fix this problem of people having to either write manually or scan a QR everytime on their smartphones, having the door attendant of establishment to be exposed to people, and how to make digital contact tracing available to everyone may it be young or old, with internet or not, with smartphones or not,” Engr. Takahama said in an interview with Tomasino Web on April 9.
Engr. Takahama and Engr. de Guzman started the project under their startup company EEnovatics, which is supported by the Department of Science and Technology TOMASInno Center (DOST-TOMASInno Center UST). All the user has to do is just tap the given I.D., scan his/her temperature, disinfect, and the process is finished. The I.D. is a QR code that only needs a one-time registration that can be at any other Project B.E.A.T.R.I.C.E. equipment.
As of now, EEnovatics is looking for investors to help their startup business grow. Once they attain more sponsors, Project B.E.A.T.R.I.C.E. can potentially make entrances efficient, convenient, and most importantly, safer.
