Intelligent CIO Middle East Issue 55 | Page 30

NEWS National Museum of Qata narrow pixel pitch techno Daktronics has partnered with the National Museum of Qatar in Doha, in conjunction with Techno Q, to manufacture and install 14 narrow pixel pitch LED displays totalling more than 123 square metres inside the museum’s Gallery 11. “We wanted to provide a and engaging story to al museum through the use said Waleed Nashan, Dir Management for the Qa Authority. “Daktronics fo Qatar requires all residen mobile tracing app Qatar has announced it requires all residents to install a mobile phone app that will quickly identify people who may have been in close contact with anyone infected with Coronavirus. The plan is for smartphone GPS data and Bluetooth technology to be used to identify people who were in close proximity to each other. Users will reportedly be notified if anyone who was close to them is infected. The government previously announced that all citizens and foreign residents will be required to download the app. To encourage compliance, it says offenders will be subject to hefty fines or even imprisonment. Qatar has a population of more than 2.7 million. It has had more than 1,000 new cases a day on a regular basis since early May although health officials are hopeful that infections may have peaked. Similar apps are being d already been introduced including Japan. But the widely debated because the protection of privacy misuse of personal data 16 INTELLIGENTCIO