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"With wildfires blazing across Canada and blotting out the sun in much of
America’s Midwest and Western Europe, not to mention the onset of California’s
“wildfire season,” the rush is on to create better early response technology
and even ways to precisely predict breakouts and early intervention, which
offers the best chance of controlling wildfires. Now, a company called Pano AI
is using new data models and continuous surveillance to help catch fires as
soon as they start, and before they run wild.
Pano AI is currently building out the largest blaze-detecting network in the
Pacific Northwest, monitoring some 2.4 million hectares (about 6 million acres)
of land across California, Colorado, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and Montana and
using real-time fire hazard detection and assessment to alert of response
teams, early, potentially saving time that could mean the difference between
containment and tragedy.
The system uses 360-degree-scanning cameras (as seen, above) installed in high
vantage points that continuously survey the surrounding areas for signs of
smoke. The cameras, which can see 15 miles in every direction, record
high-definition video and apply “deep learning” to recognize fires. Once a fire
is detected, the AI model assess the threat, pinpoints their location, and
reports on the fire’s expected spread’s speed and direction, enabling response
teams to properly triage the situation.
“Our team at Pano is made up of former fire professionals as well as world
class technologists who have come together to build the best possible tools for
first responders,” said Arvind Satyam, Chief Commercial Officer and a founding
member of Pano AI, which also recently announced 14 new surveillance posts to
monitor the Green Triangle, a rugged area of bushland across south-east
Australia."
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Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
