anybody benefit once, mean therefore, then compensate since the sickness above the sentence

for a variety of applications, including freeway surveillance

Ugh oh, 'machine vision', I don't like the sound of that...

* http://hippo.mit.edu/projects/projects.html#sensor
*
* NEW TRAFFIC SENSOR TECHNOLOGY
*
* MIT was responsible for the concept, overall design, and testing of the
* sensor. Travel time is measured by video license plate recognition or
* radio transponders.

Video recognition of the license plate if no transponder!!!

DAMN. I hope the government doesn't have any
massive deployment of this technology in mind.

* SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION FEDERICO PENA
* TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH BOARD
* WASHINGTON, D.C.
* January 10, 1996
*
*
* So, today I'm setting a national goal: To build an Intelligent
* Transportation Infrastructure across the United States...
*
* I want 75 of our largest metropolitan areas outfitted with a complete
* Intelligent Transportation Infrastructure in 10 years. And let us make a
* similar commitment to upgrading technology in 450 other communities, our
* rural roads, and interstates, as the need warrants...
*
* The vehicles of the future, whether cars, planes, or trains, will have
* state-of-the-art communications systems. We must ensure that our roads
* and highways and transit systems are able to keep pace with them.
*
* Today, I'm announcing the award of five contracts to st