Cross the road safely by phone

Pedestrians are not always alert enough and can observe all vehicles that could be life-threatening when crossing the road.Now an application called WalkSafe developed by researchers at Italian University of Dartmouth and Bologna University will help phone users to safer roads.

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degree and identification algorithm of the application (Photo: Physorg)

The software uses cameras on smartphones to detect cars traveling 50 meters away and warns users by shaking strongly.

WalkSafe can be installed on any Android phone and downloaded for free at App Market and App Store.

Andrew T. Campbell, Professor of Computer Science at Dartmouth University, head of the smart phone sensor development team, one of the authors who developed WalkSafe, has many years of experience in the field of software development. Soft and wireless network.

His research focuses on smartphones such as devices to perceive and inform the health status of users.