How AI can Solve the True Problem of False Alarms & Improve Active Deterrence

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Artificial intelligence is starting to gain traction in the everyday and in wildly diverse areas, from art through to finance. Call us biased, but we believe one of the most exciting areas that AI is transforming is security and surveillance. Thoughtfully developed artificial intelligence for security camera systems can provide a number of advantages, but in particular it can help to solve two huge problems within security management. Both solutions tie to an improved ability to distinguish human activity from animal or other environmental movement.

What Exactly is a Smart City – and What Role can Spectur Play?

You’ve no doubt heard the phrase smart cities over the past few years, but what exactly does the phrase mean for society? Far from just a trendy buzzword, smart cities describes a new urban environment that can be safer, more connected, more socially and economically equal, more liveable and more sustainable.

How do Emergency Alert Systems Work Using the Internet of Things?

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Since time immemorial there’s been one main way of alerting people to danger; someone spots a hazard in the distance, they shout a warning to others, and the process of preparation or evacuation begins. But this process is now being transformed and enhanced by the same technology that’s transforming our homes and cities – the Internet of Things.