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West Haven, CT to activate noise-detecting license plate cameras, fines up to $100

West Haven, Connecticut plans to link four AXIS audio detection devices to its existing Rekor license plate readers to catch loud mufflers and stereos, with first-offense fines up to $100. Mayor Dorinda Borer said the city still needs to set a noise threshold and that flagged violations will be emailed to police for manual review rather than automatically ticketed. The move follows similar noise-camera programs in cities like New York, Knoxville, Miami Beach and Santa Fe, where NYC's 12 cameras issued 1,691 summonses in 2025 with fines reaching $2,625.

Hobbyist Repurposes Security Cameras for 24/7 Bird ID Using BirdNet-Go

A DIY enthusiast connected three existing security camera microphones to BirdNet-Go, an open-source, locally-run AI tool, to automatically identify bird species by song in real time. The system also picks up bats and frogs, runs entirely on local hardware without cloud services, and can send custom alerts—such as via Discord—when specific species are detected.