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One Smart App: The Albany International Airport Has Become A Digital Incubator For Safety-Focused Tech

Jay Stowe
November 12, 2020
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At first glance, the stickers affixed next to the bathroom entry door, a check-in kiosk, or a counter at Starbucks don’t look like much. But when flyers passing through the Albany International Airport in New York scan those stickers with their phone cameras, a new app developed by GE and its partners unlocks valuable data stored in a quick-response (QR) code printed on their backs. The app, called Wellness Trace, can tell them when the bathroom was last cleaned, say, or the check-in kiosk sanitized.

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Albany International Airport Partners with GE To Transform Airport into Digital Incubator for Safe, Post-Pandemic Air Travel

November 12, 2020
  • GE to support Albany International Airport’s Master Plan to transform airport into digital incubator, contributing cutting edge technology to create safer travel
  • Airport signs on as first customer, using GE’s Wellness Trace App to track COVID-19 cleaning protocols
  • New AI, machine learning and other digital technologies to be unveiled at the Airport from GE’s Research Lab in the coming weeks

NISKAYUNA, NY and COLONIE, NY – Thursday, November 12, 2020 – Albany International Airport in collaboration w

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A Head For Numbers: The Curious Mind Behind The App Aiming To Help Airlines Rebound From COVID-19

Dorothy Pomerantz
September 10, 2020

Even as a kid growing up in Peoria, Illinois, David Havera’s outsized interest in markets and airplanes seemed destined to lead to something big. While other children sharpened up their skateboard moves, Havera compared the returns he could earn in the stock market versus an ordinary savings account and searched out books on aeronautics.

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