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Skin-detecting CCTV keeps an eye on motorists
News A company that has developed a CCTV system which counts people in cars by detecting human skin claims the London Congestion Charge could benefit from the technology. Vehicle Occupancy, a company spun out of research at Loughborough University, has... [26 Feb 2008]
Wi-fi CCTV in parking tickets drive
News The council also employs six people who permanently monitor CCTV images. The council has so far deployed 25 wireless CCTV cameras, and it has plans to add 10 more each week, up to a total of about 250. [11 Sep 2007]
Giant network slashes costs for council
News CCTV and wireless technology are two other technologies in the pipeline for the IP network, Mackey added. Birmingham City Council is implementing a £10m network to connect the city's council offices, libraries and schools. [16 Apr 2007]
Wireless Westminster revs up
News Another likely application for the system will be wirelessly connected CCTV cameras, which were trialled during the lengthy pilot of the project. Starting with a square mile across Soho and the West End, the entire City of Westminster will be... [29 Nov 2006]
QinetiQ gears up for £6.2m wireless pact
News Vizzard said: "A public safety vehicle may have a CCTV camera where the policeman stops and transmits the images wirelessly to a nearby node, so that if anything should happen to the officer [that information can be retrieved]. [06 Jun 2006]
What future for the wireless Square Mile?
News Westminster City Council is already working on a similar project, using wi-fi to connect up CCTV cameras and provide access to workers including health inspectors. The City of London has taken the wraps off an ambitious project that will see the... [07 Mar 2006]
Council provides wireless internet
News As well as council flat tower-block installations, Islington also plans to use the network for more CCTV and traffic monitoring. Engin Eshref is installing wireless CCTV cameras at his dry cleaning shop in Islington next week. [10 Nov 2005]
BT to underpin Westminster's Wi-Fi ambitions
News From widespread public Wi-Fi coverage provided by BT Openzone to increased flexibility brought to the implementation of connected council services, such as smarter CCTV monitoring, the project promises to revamp the way the council works and the... [24 May 2005]
Public sector rewarded for wireless innovation
News Tina Speake, a design/project officer within Bristol City Council, said there will increasingly be knock-on benefits for all kinds of users, including small businesses and those wanting to run CCTV systems in that part of Bristol, but that... [21 Apr 2005]
Islington sets up free Wi-Fi zone a mile long
News Last year Westminster City Council built a Wi-Fi network that supports CCTV cameras and provides internet access to some council workers. Mobile workers in London will be able to get free wireless access across a mile-long swathe of the capital... [18 Apr 2005]
BT develops 15cm mobile mast alternative for UK cities
News BT is set to install 'low-powered' transmitters on street signs, lamp-posts and CCTV poles in UK cities with a view to reducing the number of new masts needed to combat reception 'blackspots' caused by high buildings and other obstacles. [06 Feb 2004]
IBM systems behind car park crime crack down
News NCP spent £3m building a control room in Manchester and using CCTV cameras and video streaming technology, backed-up by IBM servers, Manchester City Council and NCP have been able to reduce crime figures in the city's car parks by 45 per cent. [03 Jul 2002]
Face scanning faces privacy backlash
News Unrest is growing in Florida and throughout America after the Tampa city council blocked a proposal to remove 36 recently installed CCTV cameras aimed at combatting crime. Pidgeon also commented that a survey by Newham Council in East London and... [09 Aug 2001]
UK headmaster in trouble over data protection
News Stead is spearheading a campaign to bring the use of CCTV in schools under the council's own guidelines - which Stead said were even stronger than national policy. John Mann planned to link CCTV surveillance cameras to a Web site at Portsdown... [16 Oct 1998]
