At the conclude of my Melbourne avenue there is a new program getting mounted for targeted traffic management. I hadn’t even noticed the extra cameras, motor vehicle and pedestrian sensors, LiDAR and radar on the intersection, but these equipment are all part of a bigger system, with scientists hoping that a 2.5km area of Nicholson Avenue, in Carlton, will eventually be operate by an synthetic intelligence (AI).
This may possibly sound a tiny nerve-wracking to the ordinary commuter, but these “smart corridors” are popping up all around the entire world – devices that promise to offer us with considerably less