Winvic uses AI to predict and prevent accidents

In the 2002 sci-fi movie Minority Report, Tom Cruise's policeman character is able to see crimes before they are committed and arrest murderers before anyone gets killed. For Winvic, the future is using artificial intelligence (AI) to spot construction site accidents before anyone gets hurt. Winvic is working on the government-funded project with the University of the West of England (UWE Bristol) Big Data Enterprise & Artificial Intelligence Lab (Big-DEAL) and Bristol industrial intelligent video specialists One Big Circle. Their project uses real-time images and machine learning technologies to detect, recognise and track hazards on a construction site, which will then alert nearby operatives via Internet of Things enabled, global positioning system (GPS) devices. Dubbed as Computer-Vision-SMART, the'Computer Vision and IoT for Personalised Site Monitoring Analytics in Real Time' project will run for two years thanks to a £600,000 grant from Innovate UK.