Smart headphones to save pedestrians from getting run over by vehicles
Deccan ChronicleWalking the streets while wearing headphones can put people at a massive risk of getting run over by vehicles. According to an article on the Columbia University website, "The headphones have miniature microphones and intelligent signal processing that detects sounds of approaching vehicles. The headphones are fitted with small microphones that use intelligent signal processing to detect the sounds of vehicles that are dangerously close. Fred Jiang, an associate professor of mechanical engineering at Columbia University said, "We are exploring a new area in developing an inexpensive and low-power technology that creates an audio-alert mechanism for pedestrians." The researchers have used the latest data science techniques for developing advanced signal processing mechanisms, and additionally, these headphones would utilize machine learning models installed on the user's smartphones to identify hundreds of acoustic cues of nearby vehicles.
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