The system, which is designed to monitor marine traffic near a bridge, calculate risks of collision, and send out warnings to ships, won first prize and a gold medal at the International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva, according to local media reports.
The technology, which was developed at a cost of HKD8m ($62.1m), could be used for the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau bridge, which is currently under construction and due to open in 2016. It makes use of an automatic identification system (AIS), which measures a vessel's speed, direction and course and a vision-based system to determine the risk of collision. Installation of the system on each bridge would cost about HKD5m.
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