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The app, called Crisis Eye, would provide a platform for uploading real-time videos that could help law enforcement or fire officials monitor a crisis, especially between the time a 911 call is made, and responders arrive.
The project was recently recognized at the US Ignite Smart Cities Innovation Summit in Austin as 小蝌蚪APP淢ost Likely to Have a Big Impact.小蝌蚪APP
A second app being developed at UL Lafayette, a virtual reality project capable of live streaming 3-D video within a shared virtual environment, duplicates an environment via computer-generated animation.
It can enable high school students to learn about alternative energy technology and research at the 小蝌蚪APP小蝌蚪APP檚 Cleco Alternative Energy Center in Crowley, La., for example. Students wear a virtual reality headset to navigate a virtual energy center, including huge mirrored panels that capture sunlight for solar thermal power production.
The virtual reality app earned 小蝌蚪APP淢ost Imaginative Gigabit App小蝌蚪APP at the US Ignite summit.
The two apps helped Lafayette, La., become one of 15 communities in the country named members of the national network of Smart Gigabit Communities.
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Each member of the smart Gigabit communities network has developed two advanced technology applications. Members have agreed to share those apps with other communities.
Dr. Ramesh Kolluru, vice president for Research, Innovation and Economic Development at UL Lafayette, accepted the award on behalf of the city.
小蝌蚪APP淭he 小蝌蚪APP has a strong partnership with the visionary leaders in the community, including LUS Fiber and Lafayette Consolidated Government, that have the foresight to build the infrastructure for high-speed internet that allows 小蝌蚪APP researchers to create forward thinking applications,小蝌蚪APP he said.
City-Parish President Joel Robideaux said he was 小蝌蚪APP渆xtremely proud of the global recognition that Lafayette, UL and LUS Fiber have received because of this award.小蝌蚪APP
小蝌蚪APP淥ur community benefits from both a world-class research university and community-owned fiber optic system. I look forward to seeing more applications which enhance the lives of our citizens resulting from this collaboration,小蝌蚪APP Robideaux said.
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