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Active shooters can be located within minutes by new software that analyzes smartphone video from the scene and can even identify the type of gun
2019-11-21
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • VERA (Video Event Reconstruction and Analysis) is designed to locate a shooter within minutes of them firing the first shot

  • Using information from smartphones in the area of the terrible event

  • Looks at delay between shots and audio to determine the type of gun

  • It also looks at the speed of the bullet to pinpoint the exact location
Posted by:Skidmark

#5  So maybe this...

Samsung, Pixel Users No Longer at Risk for Android Camera App Hijacking

...was a pre-release.
Posted by: Skidmark   2019-11-21 13:31  

#4  For those situations you don't want the most popular rifle in America. Instead one shot, drop, and exit stage left right.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2019-11-21 08:19  

#3  Locate a shooter within minutes when every second counts.
Posted by: AlanC   2019-11-21 07:31  

#2  An acoustic triangulation app seems doable... IF you want Big Brother using your cellphone mike without your permission. They never well, sometimes if they really needed felt like, would use it to eavesdrop, that would be unsportsmanlike.
Posted by: magpie   2019-11-21 03:31  

#1  DARPA made an acoustic sniper fire detection system called Boomerang. With input from Raytheon. This seems like a point data visualization version of it, that collates data from all nearby devices instead of one thingy using collective computing.
Posted by: Dron66046   2019-11-21 01:23  

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