Security and Safety Things GmbH has launched its App-Challenge, a contest offering developers the chance to present their solutions to leading industry players and compete for 3 x 10000? in prize money as well as the opportunity to present their winning application on the Security and Safety Things booth at GSX 2020 in September or a similar event depending on the COVID-19 situation.

All developed applications will be listed on the company?s open Application Store where they can be purchased by integrators and end users to be deployed in live projects.

Participating developers must hand in a proposal for an app solution by May 6th, 2020 that solves one of several use cases in the retail, transportation or manufacturing sector. Developers can submit multiple proposals if they?d like to participate in more than one vertical. Use cases include:

Retail:
? Dynamic privacy masking for cashiers
? Shopping cart analytics
? Spill detection
? Shoplifting detection

Transportation & Smart Cities:
? Social distancing and protective equipment (identify groups, presence of masks and gloves)
? Suspicious behavior detection
? Train platform analysis

Manufacturing & Logistics:
? Digitizing analogue industrial gauges, water levels and meters Source: securityandsafetythings.com