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Jacksonville by Neighborhood => Downtown => Topic started by: coredumped on April 16, 2015, 11:16:31 PM

Title: LED lights coming to Jax... With a twist...
Post by: coredumped on April 16, 2015, 11:16:31 PM
Looks like we'll be getting some LED lighting, but they'll be detection motion and harvesting the data. We're only the 2nd city to try this out:   

http://www.news4jax.com/news/hightech-ge-street-lights-coming-to-jacksonville/32404784

Title: Re: LED lights coming to Jax... With a twist...
Post by: menace1069 on April 17, 2015, 08:32:24 AM
Kinda neat. I didn't realize all that was encompassed into the light.
Title: Re: LED lights coming to Jax... With a twist...
Post by: Lunican on April 17, 2015, 08:52:32 AM
It makes sense to put cameras in street lights because they already have power and height. Whether it's good or not is a different question.
Title: Re: LED lights coming to Jax... With a twist...
Post by: Dapperdan on April 17, 2015, 10:09:20 AM
CCTV comes to Jacksonville?
Title: Re: LED lights coming to Jax... With a twist...
Post by: Overstreet on April 17, 2015, 11:34:48 AM
JEA or the city will save money on power by switching to IEDs.............oh.   Switching to LEDs. Bad typing.