Deeplite Helps Make AI More Accessible, Keeping Our Roadways Safer

E-SMART’s tiny dashboard cameras are mounted in trucks and use artificial intelligence (AI) to read highway construction signs. These cameras dynamically reduce the truck’s speed for safety.

June 27, 2022

Jessica Lombardo

E-SMART’s tiny dashboard cameras are mounted in trucks and use artificial intelligence (AI) to read highway construction signs. These cameras dynamically reduce the truck’s speed for safety. The company partnered with Deeplite to make its AI smaller, lighter, and faster, enabling computer vision on these small dashboard cameras. Learn more from Deeplite CEO Nick Romano about how AI keeps our highways, drivers and road crews safe.

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