The City of Peachtree Corners and Curiosity Lab have had a busy summer! Curiosity Lab continues to add exciting startups and companies to our ecosystem to deploy, demo and prove out their groundbreaking technologies. Specifically, two new California-headquartered companies have their technologies deployed in our ecosystem.
As the city continues to grow at an incredible rate, Peachtree Corners leadership is always looking for new solutions to help with traffic management, flow, and of course, roadway safety. Over the summer, video software powerhouse Network Optix partnered with Curiosity Lab to integrate its Nx Go solution into the Lab’s IoT Control Room. This incredible solution provides a cohesive management network that allows multiple devices to be easily displayed in the IoT Control Room. The Nx Go solution creates a single pane of glass for City Managers to be proactive and monitor, evaluate and implement various strategies to improve the city.
Network Optix’s solution also amplifies data generation capacity from the infrastructure, which is key for the city to plan ahead. For example, the solution helps generate data across intersection analytics that is helpful to city managers looking to improve our roadways. This includes car counts, lane usage, etc. to help improve roadway efficiency.
This was the first time the company has deployed a full solution inside the United States!
More on this announcement can be found here.
Our second major technology deployment over the summer is with global provider of image-grade LiDAR, Seyond. Seyond is collaborating with Curiosity Lab to deploy and validate their LiDAR solutions in our real-world environment to help improve roadway safety, traffic flow and to better protect vulnerable road users (VRUs).
The picture above is an example of how Seyond’s LiDAR sees the Peachtree Corners Circle intersection. Vehicles are identified by the yellow rectangles, protecting driver privacy.
Seyond’s LiDAR solutions are deployed at our Peachtree Corners Circle intersection, with plans to expand along the corridor. In addition to LiDAR, Seyond’s solution leverages OmniVidi Perception Service Software Platform and Blue-Band Integrator AI to provide a real-time 3D mapping of the areas, with both vehicle and pedestrian object detection. With LiDAR being the eyes of these solutions, citizen privacy is protected, as all vehicles and pedestrians pop up as rectangles or squares, without any other identifiers.
The data collected by Seyond’s solution allows City Managers to adjust traffic signals, pedestrian crossing signals and more to address specific safety and efficiency needs based on real-world data. For example, if the city is seeing the crosswalk time is not long enough for pedestrians, the city can look at the collected data and adjust the crosswalk times to ensure VRUs are safely crossing the intersection.
The solution can also be used to help guide intersection design to make busy intersections safer and more efficient. When paired with additional technologies, this can be used to make a digital twin of an intersection where the city can virtually see how traffic would respond to various designs, increased traffic volume, new construction, etc.
Read more about Seyond’ solutions in this article by Fierce Electronics, or read the full announcement here.
As we continue through 2024, Curiosity Lab has multiple exciting announcements coming up that will continue to both advance our city, improve the everyday lives of residents, and continue to improve safety.