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Orlando seems to have similar plans (alas, the article is offline now): >http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/orl-asec-bigbro-033101.story?coll=orl-news-headlines >Technology developed by the University of Central Florida will allow new >cameras that the city of Orlando plans to keep the heart of downtown under >constant surveillance. [...] UCF Professor Mubarak Shah and students in >the schools computer-science department created the software that runs the >system. They designed it to identify individuals in a crowd, track them >and identify some activities, such as running or falling. Future >advancements migt detect pickpockets or physical attacks. AP article: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/aponline/20010701/aponline172248_000.htm Background on Super Bowl surveillance: http://www.politechbot.com/cgi-bin/politech.cgi?name=tampa --- From: "Shirl Kennedy" <sdk@tampabay.rr.com> To: <declan@well.com> Subject: Ybor police cameras go spy-tech Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2001 15:07:29 -0400 "Using new software in surveillance cameras, police go high-tech in their search for the bad guys." http://www.sptimes.com/News/063001/TampaBay/Ybor_police_cameras_g.shtml Hoo boy... Shirl Kennedy ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if you include this notice. To subscribe, visit http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------