Source: Social Distancer Technologies IncA collective of veteran manufacturers has developed a wearable device that enforces social distancing requirements in the manufacturing workspace amid the coronavirus pandemic.

The wearable device, called the Social Distancer, is a device roughly the size of a credit card that measures the space between coworkers. To maintain the requisite 6 ft distance between coworkers, the device will flash red, vibrate and instruct coworkers to widen the gap between them when they are roughly 8 ft apart to ensure safe social distancing.

The device, which was developed by manufacturing executives Jarred Knecht from Promark Electronics Inc. and John Soares and Steve Zimmermann from CMP Advanced Mechanical Solutions, who together formed Social Distancer Technologies Inc., can last for 10 to 12 hours — roughly the length of one work shift — on a single charge.

Such a device could potentially keep those in the manufacturing, food processing and other sectors safe from infection as they work during the pandemic.