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Gunshot Tracking Cameras to be Deployed in LA
apok04 writes "Get out your tinfoil hats (and ski masks). A USC engineer uses his expertise with nerve cells to create a surveillance system that can recognize the sound of a nearby gunshot - and identify the shooter. In a unique pilot program, L.A. and Chicago will deploy test units in high-crime areas. The creator emphasizes that the system cannot recognize voices or words, but his previous research into speech recognition systems suggests otherwise."
first gunshot found!
what if they shoot the camera?
If the surveilance system will determine who fired before it ceases to function due to gunshot damage.
In unrelated news, sources report that knive sales have skyrocketed in recent days. No plausible explanation could be found.
Well I guess that just means its time to switch over to my golfball gun or spudgun... Bwa ha ha ha
The LAPD has also promised a speedy patch to adress the widespread camera control issues in the first release.
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Brilliant detective work!
An engineer working in the area of sound recognition who's also done work in voice recognition. Boy, you really found the smoking gun!
An increase in gun-silencers sales has been reported.
hey, at least we could've proved than Han shot first!
I just hope they make it multiplayer and include a deathmatch mode. Also, does the system support skinning?
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Machine sounds are the only ones in SENTRI's vocabulary. It cannot eavesdrop on conversations, the scientist emphasized.
...because we're not done coding that yet, you've got at least another few years.
To fight the war on terror, stop being afraid.
So this thing is going to take my picture everytime my '78 Ford Pinto backfires? Sheesh, I think I really do need a tinfoil hat (or a new car).
Man on street yells: "Allah Ackbar!!! Allah Ackbar!!!!!". ."
*Directional Finder*: 1) TRIANGULATING... 2) AIMING... 3) FIRING BULLET!
Man on street: "Allah *BAM* Ackkkkkkbahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhrr!!gurgl..lee..l.
SCENE 2
Woman on street whispers to friend: "I hate that dumb idiot Bush"
*Directional Finder*: 1) TRIANGULATING... 2) AIMING... 3) FIRING MIND CONTROL BEAM!
Woman on street whispers to friend: "I.... I... love Bush... and I love Jesus, SUVs, large corporations, and I agree with the righteousness of preemptively saving the rest of the world from themselves and their oil. Let's go shopping."
During the initial studies the camera was placed in front of a TV with Star Wars on it. The sophisticated equipment could still not tell who shot first between Greedo or Han.
I picture the camera rotating so fast it turns to butter as all the idiots fire their guns up in the air on new years eve.
I Am My Own Worst Enemy
Not to mention any potential problem they have with backfiring cars...
Americans do.
This is not a good idea beacuse the first time I'm in the parking lot waiting for Ms. Dumb Bitch to back her fucking Exhibition into her fucking packing space I swear to god I'm opening fire on her, on her little rugrat, and pretty much everyone else in the fucking vicinity.
Agreed. By that logic, the Wright brothers were experts at the construction of flying bicycles.
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Let's get those combat robots getting sent to Iraq to drive around our cities and automatically counter attack any shooters..... After that all we need is a seriously deranged computer running the whole show and we've got a science fiction movie!
It would be great to have a system like this for farts... Maybe in Singapore...
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What will they do with all those photos of people with wide grins standing next to loudspeakers?
"A great democracy must be progressive or it will soon cease to be a great democracy." --Theodore Roosevelt
The best thing is they should be able to find all of the shotgun wielding robots that we were worried about last week on /.