UniUni (official site) is a startup that tackles an issue that’s been largely ignored thus far: private security in areas which were excluded from surveillance, like public restrooms or retail dressing rooms. Whether or not it’s violent acts, drug use, voyeurism by way of hidden cameras, and extra. These have been places historically troublesome to video-monitor for apparent privateness causes. UniUni calls these locations “technological blind spots”.
Notice that there’s a courier/delivery company with the same name, nevertheless it’s a completely totally different enterprise.
This startup believes it has the know-how that may lastly reply this problem, because of a mixture of {hardware} and software program. The {hardware} presents itself within the type of a small monitoring field, which you’ll maintain in your hand.
Sometimes, it could be put in on the ceiling of every particular person bathroom seat, however fret not, there’s no digital camera inside. As a substitute, there’s a lidar system that acts extra like a radar, because it perceives depth as a substitute of colours. Similar to a radar, it could actually let you know there’s somebody (or one thing) however there’s no video or pictures that voyeurs would need.
We’ve seen this kind of “radar” know-how earlier than, and we all know it really works for presence-detection purposes. Nevertheless, UniUni takes the know-how to the subsequent stage by including a layer of A.I (Synthetic Intelligence) on prime of the uncooked knowledge.
The corporate claims it could actually sense irregular conditions corresponding to violence, drug use, or individuals putting hidden cameras in restrooms. If it really works as marketed, that may be a private security game-changer as it is rather onerous to watch so many places with out severe automation.
Completely different locations may expertise totally different challenges. For instance, Korea had a hidden digital camera concern just lately, however different nations may expertise excessive drug utilization or bodily assaults in these places.
Hidden cameras are far more costly to seek out and take away than stopping their set up within the first place, when attainable. There are additionally instances the place individuals might expertise a fall or faint, through which UniUni’s product might alert personnel to assist.
Past private security, the corporate factors out that additionally it is attainable to enhance services upkeep as effectively by estimating when the bathroom paper must be modified, how typically the cleanup ought to be accomplished, and many others.
Sometimes, this might be deployed in comparatively massive buildings, and the constructing proprietor or their safety personnel would get the notification and entry to the information by way of a dashboard. All of the software program runs as a SaaS (service page) and by way of an area wi-fi community, which makes this very simple to put in. The monitoring system prices about $350 and the SaaS service is about $100 per thirty days.
To this point, this has been deployed to about 30 websites in Korea, and UniUni is searching for to promote it within the USA. The European Union can be a fascinating market, however the firm remains to be going by way of paperwork proper now.
UniUni’s monitoring resolution may be very fascinating because it overcomes a few of the apparent points with video surveillance in this kind of location. On the similar time, it does present a few of the similar benefits as video surveillance, with out affecting privateness as a lot.
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