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system and as part of that we developed an occupancy sensor that happened to also be an intelligent glass break detector. It occurred to us that we had infra-red and acoustics together, that we could probably detect small explosions, gunshots, things like that. So we started doing some testing, discovered we can do that and to a surprising level of accuracy. We sort of backed into it that way; did the research and then focussed on that as its primary application. With another year of development, we got to where we are today.


CI: Is this primarily for use in North America?


MA: I have to say yes, we did develop it for use mainly in North America, but we are getting a lot of interest from other markets. In North America it’s not a residential product, it’s for commercial spaces. But in South Africa, Lebanon, Israel, we are getting a lot of interest for it as a residential tool.


CI: Outside of the casino industry, what other industries or organisations have picked up on this?


MA: Schools, hotels, houses of worship, late night retail – a new category for us, but apparently there is a real need for it due to a lot of armed robberies and shootings – those are our biggest markets right now.


CI: Has there been a positive reception for this in the casino industry?


MA: Yes. Casinos see themselves as targets for some crazy people out there and there has been a lot of interest. In the US we have many Native American properties, and of course Las Vegas.


INSTALLATION


CI: What does an installation entail? You say the device is tiny but presumably there is infrastructure around it.


MA: Typically, in a casino environment, you will see one placed next to a camera; most casinos these days seem to be going to power over ethernet (POE) for their camera systems so we just plug in to the side of the camera and that’s it for our POE version. Installation is very simple. Typically, they will put them on the camera stalks so we have power, a network connection, and it’s ready to go. System administrators need to download an app on their phone or device, that ties them to a particular system and


they get alerts from that system. In addition, they will have a user-managed contact list a list of people they want to notify in case of an event. Those people will get a text if something happens.


CI: So the person administering the system gets an alert if they’re on shift, but the authorities are alerted immediately anyway?


MA: Correct. It is customisable, but by default an alert goes to local law enforcement.


CI: Could you program escalations into this according to the perceived or theoretical severity of an event?


Typically, they will put them on the camera stalks so we have power, a network





MA: The detection of gunfire itself is pretty much binary; we do report whether it is a semi-automatic, manual, single action or fully automatic firing mode. In theory you could escalate based on that but in practise, a gunshot’s a gunshot – and you want to know.


connection, and it’s ready to go.


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Installation is very simple.


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