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Re: Drive the SF Central
>>CBS radio news this morning: 80,000 commuters traveling the central
>>f'way in SF will have information mailed to them regarding the quake retrofit
>>How? Their license plates have been photographed.
>You *are* making this up, right? Please say you did.
In> It's possible today, and probably affordable. If not, it will be in
In> 1-2 years, as Moore's law cranks down processing costs and video
In> technology improves. For this application, they don't have to
In> photograph every car, or read every plate successfully, or do it in
In> real time. The objective is to get lots of drivers to take other
In> routes or mass transit so they don't have to dump all the traffic onto
In> surface streets right around the construction.
Wasn't there something about these cameras in the latest 2600?
(BTW, there was also alot of information on encryption in the
issue, too.)
P.J.
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