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You Know About Flock Cameras, Meet Nema Nodes: They Turn Streetlights Into A Surveillance Network
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By north you mean up, I assume.
And while that doesn't mean they can't install a camera, it does mean it would be the worst possible orientation. It would have to be a big ball on top or an assembly that came down underneath the lamp to point the camera at the ground.
You could also plug in a non-camera sensor, like a Stingray cell phone snooper. Those are omnidirectional.
But the bottom line is "you can plug stuff into power outlets", which is not really a story.
Oh I see. Are they rotated? I assumed there was a socket on top that the bulb I can see from the ground plugs into.
The article is about the sockets. You said the only opening in the housing points north, so you can see why I thought you were talking about the lamp housing and not the photocell housing.