by Megvii, Megvii, 2019
https://www.megvii.com/en/solutions/smart_city
Our solutions enable the intelligent deployment and management of IoT devices at various urban settings such as airports, railway and subway stations, industrial parks and office buildings. Through efficient and accurate analysis of visual data, our smart city management solutions help enhance public security and improve city management efficiency.Our solutions help urban managers construct smart city closed-loop management systems incorporating front-end perception, cloud-based analysis and conclusions, and applications for end devices.
This is less of an article about a piece of tech or advancement in science as it is information on a company that develops software for large scale information collection. Megvii is a Chinese company that provides infrastructure for facial recognition and data mining to keep track of people in dense urban environments. This software is currently being used in many Asian countries to keep track of its citizens. Large scale facial recognition could help with the apprehension of criminals and the deterrence of crimes in the first place. There is already a precedent of this software being used to enhance security.
