Somewhere along the path between doorbell cameras and anti-tank weapons lies the newest home protection equipment – privately-owned license plate readers. A new company straight out of Y Combinator is offering machine-learning license plate capture technology for your home and office. Flock Safety, a start-up that describes itself in press releases as a crime-solving company, offers for sale TALON, a national network of automatic license plate readers. Anyone can own a node in this network.
Until recently, license plate readers had been the province of law enforcement... more
OK, how much?
The Flock Safety Falcon camera is $2,500 per camera per year, with a one-time $250 installation cost. This price includes everything — installation, maintenance, footage hosting, cellular service, and software updates. The Sparrow camera (a lighter and smaller version of our Falcon camera) costs slightly less with the same basic subscription model. more
