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NM Tech students Isleen Ontiveros, left, and DawnMonique Cantu discuss the new contact-tracing MinerSafe app Friday morning on the university campus. (Courtesy of NM Tech)
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. New Mexico Tech in Socorro is arming its students, staff and faculty with an ubiquitous contact-tracing app to rapidly prevent coronavirus outbreaks if anyone on campus tests positive.
Once downloaded and turned on, the app traces every step taken by the user while on campus, allowing system managers to immediately determine each individual’s proximity and duration of time near an infected person so that those exposed can rapidly get tested and isolate themselves.