{"id":48028,"date":"2020-05-14T15:12:08","date_gmt":"2020-05-14T15:12:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/urgo\/?p=48028"},"modified":"2020-05-14T15:12:08","modified_gmt":"2020-05-14T15:12:08","slug":"urgo-alum-brian-krohn-08-behind-app-that-tracks-coronavirus-outbreaks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/urgo\/2020\/05\/14\/urgo-alum-brian-krohn-08-behind-app-that-tracks-coronavirus-outbreaks\/","title":{"rendered":"URGO ALUM BRIAN KROHN &#8217;08 BEHIND APP THAT TRACKS CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAKS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">HealthPartners Institute, researchers at the University of Minnesota, and Modern Logic have teamed up to create the SafeDistance smartphone application and website, a new tool that\u00a0helps users track COVID-19 outbreaks using crowd-sourced information from anonymous users.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_48029\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-48029\" style=\"width: 203px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-48029\" src=\"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/urgo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2020\/05\/ows_151017081216132-300x230.jpg\" alt=\"Brian Krohn '08\" width=\"203\" height=\"156\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/urgo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2020\/05\/ows_151017081216132-300x230.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/urgo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2020\/05\/ows_151017081216132-768x589.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/urgo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2020\/05\/ows_151017081216132-1024x785.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/urgo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2020\/05\/ows_151017081216132.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 203px) 100vw, 203px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-48029\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brian Krohn &#8217;08<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span class=\"s1\">The free app sends notifications as users travel through high-risk areas. \u201cAs you\u2019re moving around, you\u2019ll actually see if you\u2019re going into a higher risk area or you\u2019re coming from a higher risk area,\u201d Brian Krohn \u201908 told Kare 11.\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">Krohn is\u00a0a\u00a0project manager and entrepreneur-in-residence at Minneapolis-based Modern Logic and technical lead on the SafeDistance project.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Users of the app take a short COVID-19 symptom survey and then see a map of their neighborhood, as well as other neighborhoods. D<\/span><span class=\"s1\">ata will not be used for-profit and users will not be asked for identifiable information. The app also offers tips about health risks and how to maintain social distancing.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s1\">Krohn, a Rhodes Scholar, has been described as a \u201cMinnesota \u201cGenius\u201d. His undergraduate research at Augsburg University led him to a \u201cGood Morning America\u201d appearance in which he talked about a process to produce environmentally-friendly fuel, which was later commercialized in the development of a $9 million pilot plant.\u00a0Among Krohn\u2019s creations are surgery tools,<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>wizard staffs, a cycling workout app, the Soundly app, and more recently,\u00a0SafeDistance.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">While the app launched recently in Minnesota, it is expected to expand across the country soon.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Read the full article on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kare11.com\/article\/news\/local\/covid-19-tracking-app-launches-in-mn\/89-e0fea769-3e52-42e6-9ddc-15d974120b6e\">Kare 11 website.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HealthPartners Institute, researchers at the University of Minnesota, and Modern Logic have teamed up to create the SafeDistance smartphone application and website, a new tool that\u00a0helps users track COVID-19 outbreaks using crowd-sourced information from anonymous users. The free app sends notifications as users travel through high-risk areas. \u201cAs you\u2019re moving around, you\u2019ll actually see if &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":435,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[12,13],"class_list":["post-48028","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-alumni","tag-urgo","post_format-post-format-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/urgo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48028","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/urgo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/urgo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/urgo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/435"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/urgo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48028"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/urgo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48028\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48030,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/urgo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48028\/revisions\/48030"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/urgo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48028"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/urgo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48028"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/urgo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48028"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}