Giving NRAO Staff Fitbit Devices Just Part of Promoting Health, Wellness, Spokesman Says
A spokesman for the National Radio Astronomy Observatory said Tuesday nothing is unusual about NRAO’s decision to give wrist-worn activity monitors to its staff, even though the monitors are an interference threat to the observatory’s sensitive telescope (see 1512140030). “These…
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devices were provided to employees as part of a program to promote health and wellness among our staff,” the spokesman said. “Our employees have received guidance on their use when near our antenna sites from our interference engineers. Our employees are aware of the importance of avoiding interference to our sensitive telescopes and are accustomed to avoiding the use of numerous electronic devices, not just Fitbits, at our observing sites. This is a well-established practice that dates back to our observatory's founding.”