The Economist reports that a tech startup sells a surveillance and control badge for the workforce. The device monitors workers' conversations, tracks their movements and even their posture. A technology company has created an electronic badge that can monitor workers' conversations, posture and even time spent in the toilet pic.twitter.com/L55v9PRrzp — The Economist (@TheEconomist) October 21, 2019 The company that makes the creepy "sociometric" combadge has a creepy name — Humanyze — and its marketing is a cold wall of data jargon.