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Amazon Australia unleashes social-distancing tech in warehouses By Imogen Bailey | 5 February 2021 Amazon Australia is set to roll out a 'Distance Assistant' to its fulfilment centres and delivery stations, to help employees remain socially distanced. The tech solution utilises artificial intelligence, augmented reality and machine learning to give employees visual cues to tell them if they are socially distanced or not. While walking in front of a camera, the Distance Assistant tracks the employees' movements and gives them immediate visual feedback through a monitor, with socially dis...
MARK RALSTON/AFP via Getty Images About 6,000 Amazon workers in Alabama will vote on forming a union, which would be the e-commerce giant's first union in its history, according to a petition filed. Workers will receive their ballots on February 8 to vote in the mail-in election over the wishes of Amazon, which was pushing for an in-person election. Amazon has been staunchly opposed to its workers organizing a union, with the company even hiring detectives with the Pinkerton spy agency to monitor efforts. About 6,000 Amazon warehouse workers in Alabama will vote ...
About 6,000 Amazon workers in Alabama will vote on forming a union, which would be the e-commerce giant's first union in its history, according to a petition
Ideum The last time I exited an all-encompassing public health crisis, day to day life changed subtly but permanently. It was 2003 and, living in Hong Kong, we had just faced a SARS epidemic that left a little under 300 people in the city dead. This crisis had a profound effect on not just the psyche of the city’s inhabitants, but the physical city itself. A housing complex had its drainage system overhauled when its design was blamed for a mass outbreak. Temperature checks through thermal imaging at the airport became standard. And the little things: plastic sheeting over elevator buttons,...