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TURIN, Italy, June 8, 2020/PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/--

Design and technology at the service of preventive healthcare. Pininfarina, a

benchmark for industrial design and mobility, now commits to the search for

integrated, ready-to-use solutions for the post-Covid-19 era, entering into a

strategic partnership with Blimp, a start-up specialising in artificial

intelligence and part of e-Novia, the Milan-based 'Enterprises Factory'.

Together, Pininfarina and Blimp offer a solution that integrates physical and

digital design, technology and services to analyse people flows and so make it

possible to verify and monitor the application of anti-Covid-19 containment

measures in all indoor and outdoor settings: from public transport to airports

and stations, from offices to production plants, shops and large-scale

retailers.  

Pininfarina will dress Blimp technology integrating into its architectural and

industrial design proposals the Beat-19 solution developed by the Milan

company. In addition, the Pininfarina Experience Design team will define the

experience within public transport vehicles and spaces as well as interfaces

dedicated to company personnel and end users. Blimp will be at Pininfarina's

side with its service offering enabled by hardware, sensor and platform

technologies.  

"Pininfarina shares Blimp's vision regarding the health situation today and

future developments in mobility sectors. Together we can offer a solution that

perfectly meets the needs of the 'New Normal': designing new spaces

(Architecture, Transportation, Retail) and equipping them with digital

measuring systems," - Pininfarina CEO Silvio Angori.

"Our partnership with Pininfarina is an extraordinary union between Italian

design and technology. An important step towards the creation of sustainable

and intelligent urban environments, permeated by micro-services enabled by AI

technologies and dedicated to improving well-being and quality of life," -

Blimp founder Alex Buzzetti.

Beat-19 is a solution able to monitor the flow of people - with full respect

for privacy - and ensure that measures to contain the spread of the virus are

applied. Beat-19 makes it possible in real time to detect excessive groups of

people in public spaces and induce them to disperse by way of acoustic signals;

monitor queues of people outside a building or at a bus stop; measure body

temperature and the use of face masks; record the application of security

measures, especially social distancing. The technology consists of a sensor for

the detection of data and a cloud platform so that the data can be viewed and

notifications of critical situations managed.

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Source: Pininfarina