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SMARTISS – Smart Intersection Safety System

Team members: Kefan Long, Yayin Cai, Ran Xin What is the problem? Vision zero is gaining momentum across the world. First developed by the Sweden Transport Administration in 1995, Vision zero has quickly proven to be a successful strategy in saving lives across Europe and is now adopted by many large American cities. By January […]

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Integrating RGB LED (simple traffic light) and PIR sensor to detect the presence of people

Introduction Our group’s project, SmartLight, aims to detect the presence of pedestrians on crosswalks and notify drivers about the presence of pedestrians through customized LEDs around both vehicle traffic lights and crosswalk traffic lights. Hence, there are two things to consider at the very initial stage: 1) How to detect the presence of people? 2) […]