Cellphones team up to become smart CCTV swarm

Software that turns groups of ordinary cameraphones into a "smart" surveillance network has been developed by Swiss researchers from the Institute for Pervasive Computing in Zurich. New Scientist reports.

"The software employs Bluetooth 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."

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