Amazon Is Launching Camera Tech That Lets Companies Monitor Staff At Work
Image via Amazon Web Services
Amazon is set to launch new tools that monitor employees at factories and stores real soon.
The new technology, developed by the brand’s cloud arm Amazon Web Services (AWS), is called ‘AWS Panorama’ and will let companies track employees at work through their existing on-premises cameras with added machine-learning and computer vision capabilities.
The tech giant explained that companies can use the AWS Panorama to keep an eye out for workplace safety or keep count of “customers, track their movements for heat mapping and monitor the length of queues.”
The AWS website has already listed out some of the partners, which included Siemens, Lenovo, and musical instrument company Fender.
Fender vice president of global IT Michael Spandau shared that the AWS Panorama, along with Amazon Machine Learning Solutions Lab, will help the company analyze the amount of time it takes for an employee to assemble a guitar, enabling Fender to “optimize efficiency and track key metrics.”
Amazon has priced the AWS Panorama Appliance at US$4,000 per device, with an additional fee of US$8.33 every month for each camera stream.
[via Mashable, cover image via Amazon Web Services]
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