BBC
Buses could be turned into "mobile sensing platforms" to help reduce
traffic and improve road conditions, according to European
researchers.
Berlin buses were used to demonstrate the technology, which included
on-board environmental sensors, cameras and GPS.
The buses transmitted data wirelessly, over mobile phone networks,
wi-fi and Wimax, to traffic control centres.
Project co-ordinator Patrice Simon said they were also looking at
technology to detect if fights break out on buses.
"The devices are quite small but very powerful, and we could develop
software that could analyse images to detect if a fight breaks out on
the bus, for example, and automatically alert the police, " he said.
The pan-European research project, dubbed Moryne, is being led by the
University of Applied Sciences, Osnabruck, in Germany, and the
Institute for Trans****t Sciences, in Hungary.
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Great ... now mass transit will be spying on
you too.
Big Brother is watching you - everywhere.
And he doesn't have YOUR best interests at heart ...
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