GCR - Innovation - Machine learning can "halve payback time" for LED streetlights

The company says that its system could cut the payback time for installing LED lights from around five years to three. The system uses "self-learning algorithms" and sensors to enable a streetlight to alter its brightness in response to changes in crime patterns, traffic, people movement and weather. The firm says it would be able to dim lights when bad weather keeps people indoors, or in areas where there are complaints about light pollution. It would also shine brighter in response to particular incidents, such as a traffic accident. "Like the dawn of the Internet, we're just scratching the surface of what's possible when cities intelligently connect scores of new urban data sources," said Seeta Hariharan, the general manager TCS' Digital Software & Solutions Group.