Peace & Justice
A violence detector that works with the cameras already there
Panache Kataria, a high school student at JBCN International School Oshiwara, is building The Heiwa Project, a violence detection system that works with CCTV cameras and has already won a place among the winners of the High School Startup League of The Masters' Union.
Millions of cameras are already installed around the world. What bothers Panache Kataria is what most of them are for. The Heiwa Project is his answer.
"I've always felt that cameras should do more than act as evidence after someone gets hurt," he says. "If we already have millions of cameras installed around the world, I believe they should actively keep people safe rather than just watch events unfold."
“You have to be crazy enough to believe you can change the world, and stubborn enough to keep trying when people tell you that you can’t.”
Panache Kataria
It is a violence detection system that works with CCTV cameras, and the aim, he says, is to help public and private spaces feel safer, with the camera detecting and preventing violence rather than only recording. It is a software product. He wants to make it available to any camera worldwide.
He is in high school at JBCN International School Oshiwara. So far The Heiwa Project has raised about a thousand dollars, and it is one of the winners of the High School Startup League of The Masters' Union.