Triple threat: The all-in-one LPR, speedometer, and facial recognition scanner

  • 29 May 2016
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by Cyrus Farivar - May 28, 2016 3:00 pm UTC     
 
 

Tech currently being tested in Europe and the Middle East could come to US. 

 
 Call it the next generation of light bars. Ekin Technology, a Turkish law enforcement technology company, was recently granted an American patent for what just might be the surveillance trifecta: a light bar with an integrated license plate reader (LPR), speedometer, and facial recognition capability.
 
If the "Ekin Patrol" catches on in the United States, it will facilitate a notable acceleration in the advancement of spy tech. While speedometers are relatively old and LPRs are increasingly catching on, facial recognition technology is not yet widespread in America. Agencies ranging from the FBI to the California attorney general's office have expressed their interest in the technology.   
      
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/05/triple-threat-the-all-in-one-lpr-speedometer-and-facial-recognition-scanner/
 

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Well, it will be interesting to see what the actual applications of this 'technology' are and where they are applied. Living in the country which already has the most CCTV, speed & ANPR cameras per head of population...I cannot really get excited by this...LOL

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