Marketing, sports data apps join fight against pandemic
By Reuters Staff 3 Min Read TOKYO (Reuters) - Devices designed for improving customer marketing and sports performance are now being used in the fight against COVID-19 as companies deploy their technologies to meet new needs during the pandemic. Hitachi-LG Data Storage originally developed its 3D LiDAR People Counter sensor for retail stores to track shoppers’ movements and analyse data in order to improve sales and customer satisfaction. The company, a joint venture between Japan’s Hitachi and South Korea’s LG Electronics, has now paired the application with a heat detection and camera...
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