NYC has 'smart' camera network to thwart terror attacks

Thursday, April 25, 2013 - 17:30 in Mathematics & Economics

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Thursday that if the Boston bomb suspects had made it to Times Square, they would have come face-to-lens with the city's "extensive network of cameras" -- part of an interactive nerve center that lets police do everything from read license plates to identify suspicious packages.The Domain Awareness System, nicknamed "the dashboard," was developed by Micro...    

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