Startland News’ Austin Barnes reports the White House may soon announce its support for a new COVID-19 mobile tracking app developed in Kansas City.
“They told us, ‘As soon as you’re ready, let us know,’” Greg Storm, COO and co-founder of Kansas City-based TripleBlind, said of the nation’s support for Private Kit: Safe Paths — a free app designed to track its users locations, keeping logs of where they’ve been in recent days, should they test positive for the Coronavirus.
The City of Kansas City is in discussions to join a pilot for the app, along with Boston and Washington D.C., TripleBlind told Startland News.
Storm and his colleagues at TripleBlind — a newly launched startup designed to provide data privacy in various data markets — had been working closely with Ramesh Raskar, professor and renowned data scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Media Lab, to develop various features and functions for the company.
This story first appeared 10 days ago, but we’ll keep an eye on the company’s progress and report back.
We had an excellent conversation with TripleBlind’s Greg Storm on Saturday, and his company hopes to roll out the program soon with some pilot communities. We believe this could be an excellent tool for health department staff conducting contact tracking. If you would like to be part of that, reach out to Bio-Defense Network, and we’ll put you in touch!