According to foreign media reports, a group of high school students at STEM School Highlands Ranch in Denver, the United States, have invented a driving recorder type device that can use artificial intelligence to detect wild animals on the road and warn approaching drivers.
The device uses an infrared camera to scan animals on the road and identify them through special AI models.
Currently, the device is in the final prototype stage.
The team hopes that drivers around the world can use the invention to reduce the annual wildlife-vehicle collisions.
, (Photo source: STEM School Highlands Ranch) Siddhi Singh and team members Dhriti Sinha, RJ Ballheim and Bri Scollville believe that wildlife collisions are a problem that needs to be solved.
According to the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT), there are approximately 5000 collisions with wild animals on the state’s roads every year, resulting in losses of approximately $80 million.
CDOT noted that currently, the state’s method of avoiding wildlife-vehicle collisions involves installing glowing signs on roads.
While these signs help keep drivers cautious in areas where wildlife is concentrated, they cannot be everywhere.
The group wants to create a device that gives drivers more autonomy and personal responsibility to avoid collisions, allowing drivers to use these devices anytime, anywhere.
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