Video Surveillance Tech Detects Abnormal Activity 189
Repton writes with news of a company, Behavioral Recognition Systems, that has received 16 patents on a new video surveillance application that can convert video images into machine-readable language, and then analyze them for anomalies that suggest suspicious behavior in the camera's field of view. The software can 'recognize' up to 300 objects and establish a baseline of activity. It should go on sale in September. "...the BRS Labs technology will likely create a fair number of false positives, [the CEO] concedes. 'We think a three-to-one ratio of alerts to actual events is what the market will accept,' he says. 'We could be wrong.'"
Submission + - New Fuel Cell 2x as Efficient as Genererators (ecogeek.org)
Hank Green writes: "A new kind of Solid Oxide Fuel Cell has been developed that can consume any kind of fuel (from hydrogen to bio-diesel) that is over two times more efficient than traditional generators. Acumentrics is attempting to market the technology both to off-grid applications (like National Parks) and also for home use as personal Combined Heat and Power plants that are extremely efficient (up to two times less carbon-intensive than grid power.)"
Journal Journal: working with the blind
Recently I have discovered the world of blind people. found a whole world of people who use M$ with out seeing the screen. with talking programs that allow them to tab or move arrows to hear what and where they are! (windows-eyes
It makes me angry when its such a small thing to do to make moving ar
