Facet is planned to be released as open source software. It allows phones to alert you when an object enters or leaves an area. So if you are camping with friends you can set up your cells around the edge of the camp and it will figure out where the other phones are positioned and let you know when a person or animal approaches your camp.
Software that turns groups of ordinary camera cellphones into a “smart” surveillance network has been developed by Swiss researchers. The team says it will release the software for programmers and users to experiment with.
The software employs Bluetooth, a short-range wireless technology included in many modern phones, to automatically share information and let the phones collectively analyse events that they record. This provides a platform for a group of phones to act as smart network capable of, for example, spotting intruders or identifying wildlife. [ read more Cellphones team up to become smart CCTV swarm]
More information:
Philipp Bolliger, home page and publications
Facet: Towards a smart camera network of mobile phones ( pdf )
See also:
AI coming to a cell phone near you
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