Spain has found a way to protect travelers from being infected with coronavirus on beaches with artificial intelligence. On Thursday, may 14, reports the Daily Mail.
According to the newspaper, at one of the beaches of Fuengirola on the Costa del Sol has installed special sensors to ensure social distancing. Scanners, mounted on lampposts, will monitor the number of tourists, and then through apps on smartphones to inform people about the most congested areas.
an Interactive map developed by the traffic light system: green means a comfort zone, orange says that the area is populated by 75 percent, red — what places to stay there.
For more accurate people counting program will divide the beach into virtual squares between the gauges. Thus the device is able to control the number of incoming and outgoing from the territory of tourists.
As noted by the Director who created the system of the company Carlos Moreno (Carlos Moreno), further sensors can be used in other places where people gather, such as shopping centers or venues for events.
In April, the Italian designers have proposed to establish on public beaches Plexiglas screens to separate tourists. However, the idea was criticized rescue workers who stated that people “will simply die in the booths from dehydration, once there in the heat.”
