COVID Technology Air Force Lt. Col. Jeff "Mach" Schneider, Defense Innovation Unit project manager, is shown wearing a watch and ring used to monitor COVID-19. The technology is known as Rapid Analysis of Threat Exposure. The Defense Threat Reduction Agency is applying commercial technology for early detection of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2, which causes the COVID-19 coronavirus disease. SHARE IMAGE: Download Image: Full Size (0.14 MB) Photo By: Courtesy of Philips Research North America VIRIN: 200921-O-ZZ999-004.JPG Photo Gallery