FC: "Smart parks" are watching you from the shrubbery

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

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From: Fred Heutte <phred () sunlightdata com>
To: <declan () well com>
Date: Mon, 5 May 2003 22:05:36 -0700
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Subject: smart parks

Smart Park' Is Keeping Watch

Surveillance cameras, infrared sensors and other high-tech gadgets
help monitor facilities.

By Tina Daunt, Times Staff Writer

To civic planners in Glendale, Palmer Park has everything a
recreation area needs — kiddie swings, walking trails and infrared
sensors concealed in the shrubbery.

If someone scales the fence after the park closes at 10 p.m., more
than a dozen electronic sentries whirl into action.

One foot on the manicured lawn triggers the sprinklers, while the
sensors set off alarms at the park rangers' headquarters.

The tops of the fence curve inward to prevent escape, leaving the
intruder trapped and, presumably, wet.

Glendale officials have touted Palmer as a "smart park," and although
the technology may be more advanced than in other parks, the idea of
high-tech monitoring is catching on [...]

http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-me-
parks5may05,1,4208450.story




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