New police cars have voice recognition
A police officer sees a bank robbery suspect speed by and says "pursuit." Automatically, the cruiser's blue lights, siren, flashing headlights and video camera turn on. The car also sends a message to dispatch giving the location and saying the officer is chasing someone.
This voice-recognition system is not a prototype -- it's on patrol in New Hampshire today, and if the robbery scenario were to occur, officers could keep their hands on the wheel and eyes on the road instead of fiddling with switches, buttons, dials and microphones as they weave through traffic.
It's called Project 54, after the 1960s police television comedy "Car 54, Where Are You?," and its global positioning system even answers the show title's question.
