Google Pixel Phones Used by NYC Subway for AI Track Inspection
NYC used Pixel phones for AI subway track inspection, automating defect detection.
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Google Pixel Phones Used by NYC Subway for AI Track Inspection
In partnership with Google, the Metro Transit Authority took to tying several Google Pixel phones to subway cars in New York in order to track data. The experiment was part of the MTA’s need to automate and expand track-safety inspections and repair, and tying a few Pixels to a train car seemed the best place to start. Image : Google If you’re into facts, the New York City subway carries somewhere over 3 million people per day, according to its own website. With that sort of volume, human-powered efforts to find, track defects, and maintain them can only be so efficient. It works, but there’s room for improvement. The MTA is looking to supplement that effort with some sort of automation, and AI partnered with existing technology isn’t so hard to get your hands on. According to WIRED, Google and the New York MTA partnered up to strap several devices to subway cars in order to listen for track defects while recording other move…
