Here are some youtube videos, or articles that caught my eye - from the New York Times, Consumer Reports, Popular Science etc.
Sunday, November 28, 2021
For the Best Boiled Corn, Don’t Boil It At All
Swabbing Subways in Different Countries
Saturday, November 27, 2021
90 Years of Engineering Transformed Tires
Thursday, November 25, 2021
Why you don’t hear about the ozone layer anymore
Wednesday, November 24, 2021
Vienna's Radical Idea? Affordable Housing For All, designed in part by the residents
Tuesday, November 23, 2021
Knightscope
Armed Robbery – security robot provided the best evidence of armed robbery and theft of vehicle.
Suspicious activity – providing high-definition video and license plate detections for 30 instances over the 4-month period
Burglaries – elicited confession to...two burglaries
Domestic Violence – captured eye level video of an assault that was used for prosecution
Feeling of Safety – improved sense of security while walking to their cars after dark
Fire – identified heat anomaly... thermal camera on security robot helped to avoid a major fire
Fraud – assisted in stopping a fraudulent insurance claim
Hit and Run – helped identify a car involved in parking lot hit and run; security robot data was directly responsible for catching the suspect
Incident Reduction – 20 crime/security incidents per month down to 1 for the entire last year
Perimeter Expansion – extending signal detection perimeter capabilities to outside of facility and added eye level high-definition video at critical ingress / egress location
Sexual Predator – helped issue an arrest warrant for a sexual predator
Shooting – identification of a gunman in a shooting incident at a mall
Slip and Fall – avoiding a lawsuit over a slip and fall incident using eye-level video evidence
Stolen Bikes – numerous bikes stolen prior to deployment, and only one since
Thief – helped catch a thief in a retail store
Trespassing – prevented trespassers and substance abusers from living at locations.
Vandalism – assisted in tracking down a vandal
Vehicle Break-Ins – 2 vehicle break-ins per week down to 0 in the last 10 month
https://www.knightscope.com/crime
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