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Right by the little button you press to get a WALK sign ther'd
be a camera, the camera would use some primitive technique
for counting the number of people standing there. If there
are tons of people waiting they get a signal sooner.
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More cameras? I dunno, 'bird. I liked the skyway thing
but I'll have to think about this one for a while. No! |
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Weight plates? Single ones, or a patchwork of them to better estimate crowd size. Have them fire only when the weight remains constant for a few seconds. |
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Or provide buttons which briefly cache information about the thumbs which press it -- perhaps not prints, but precise skin temperature or size -- and keep a count of unique requestors for the current cycle. |
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Or fine chemical or electrical sensors. Or infrared beams. Or something practical. |
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I thought of weight plates, but being a person who weighs
100lbs and knowing many people who way 200 or more... I
uh don't like that idea so much. |
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What's wrong with the camera? Don't hook it up to a VCR, if you're worried about privacy. It's not like Big Brother couldn't put hidden cameras everywhere if he really wanted to. |
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