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Lights, cameras…crowd control

Julian Bohne, HamburgApril 7, 2014

Wherever large crowds gather, there's a potential for disaster. It happens rarely, but a mass panic can turn a public space into a death trap. So researchers in Hamburg are designing a heat-sensitive, camera-based early warning system.

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Report: Julian Bohne, Hamburg