Imagsa’s latest Atalaya automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) camera is more flexible and has more processing power, thanks to the company’s proprietary FPGA processor coupled to a CMOS sensor which allows the camera to operate at 270 frames per second. Although Imagsa say this isn’t necessarily needed for ANPR, the camera works under any conditions and at this frame rate can accurately detect a vehicle ten times in three metres at speeds of up to 250 km/h, even in heavy rain or in direct sunlight.
Transportation funding is caught in the crossfire as the President calls for infrastructure investment and a reinvigorated Republican majority in the House pushes back on federal spending. Andrew Bardin Williams reports. Every few months some politician or pundit declares that the country is on the verge of making the most important political decision in a generation. The 2006 mid-term election; the 2008 Presidential election; the passing of the stimulus bill; healthcare reform; the mania surrounding Tea Pa
Singapore's Ministry of Transport (MOT) and Land Transport Authority (LTA) have unveiled plans to start trialling self-driving vehicles, claiming this is another step towards the country’s long-term vision of deploying self-driving vehicles and mobility concepts to enhance and complement its multi-modal land transport system.
Self-driving vehicle trials have already commenced in a 200 hectare business park and are expected to start in another area in December. The tests will be carried out by the Institu
