Iterate Studios created a tool embedded in security cameras to help spot weapons and other questionable items on a school campus<\/p>\n
NORTH CAROLINA, USA School safety is a top priority as students head back into the classroom. New technology is helping to provide an added layer of protection by spotting a potential threat before it's too late.<\/p>\n
Iterate Studios created the technology more than a year ago mainly for commercial use. It works with existing security cameras paired with artificial intelligence to identify questionable items like weapons.<\/p>\n
\"It can spot guns, kevlar vests, knives,\" Iterate Studios CEO Jon Nordmark said. \"It can even identify masks that look suspicious.<\/p>\n
Once the threat is spotted, an alert is automatically shared. In the case of a school setting, it would then be up to each school or school district to establish the next steps and what safety protocols to follow.<\/p>\n
It would be in the best interest of all the kids, the teachers to have a camera like that on a door that might be unprotected where a security guard cant be,\" Nordmark said.<\/p>\n
WATCH THIS! New technology working to make schools safer.Tonight on WCNC Charlotte at 11pm we take a look at Iterate.ai and the use of artificial intelligence to help detect weapons and other suspicious items on school campuses before it's too late!<\/p>\n
Iterate says the threat awareness technology is being used in 3,500 locations worldwide. For now, that does not include any school districts throughout the greater Charlotte area.<\/p>\n
Iterate leaders are working to improve access and affordability by offering the tool for $1,000 a year per school.<\/p>\n
We just provide the tool to spot the problem or the potential problem and then its up to the school to set the rule what happens after that,\" Nordmark said.<\/p>\n
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