[privacy] BBC: CCTV could track branded suspects

[Juha-Matti Laurio]

This sounds interesting:

"Brands on the clothes of suspects caught on CCTV cameras could be used to help police track them down.

The Metropolitan Police is looking into technology which can automatically identify branded logos on clothing."

The technology is available already:

"The technology is already used to automatically identify company logos in TV broadcasts of sporting events."

More at
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7124735.stm

- Juha-Matti