The Spot-R clip-on tag was designed to keep workers safe by monitoring for sudden falls, but working on site in a virus pandemic has seen it used for more creative applications.
With a cloud hanging over the show from concerns about the spread of COVID-19, CONEXPO-CON/AGG still managed to bring well over 100,000 attendees to Las Vegas. But the triennial equipment trade show itself was cut short due to virus concerns, ending a day early on March 13.
UK firm's hiatus will enable it to "replan our production," says its CEO; company is weighing a government request to produce ventilators for affected patients, media report.
Looking at the offerings from equipment manufacturers on display at the CONEXPO-CON/AGG show, held in Las Vegas on March 10-13, it would be easy to assume it was all about the bigger and stronger machines.