I just moved and I live literally window to a freight train line, unfortunately it scares the crap out of my cats and so I’m trying to find out what the schedule is so that I can close the windows for them, and maybe put a little raspberry pi display screen saying something like “next train arriving in…” Next to my window

  • yokonzo@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
    3·
    25 days ago

    Hey coding nerds, I know you’re nearby, do you think I’d be able to use tensorflow or something to identify an incoming train with this view?

    • Technoguyfication@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      3·
      24 days ago

      You could, but if this is taken from another window in the same building you’ll likely only get ~10 seconds of warning.

      If you could put a couple cameras a mile or so down each direction on the track you could get an earlier warning system

      • yokonzo@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
        1·
        24 days ago

        This is taken from my window, and I’m not sure how I feel about leaving expensive equipment out in a suburban area for anyone to pick up and run off with