{"id":13199,"date":"2015-08-21T09:42:41","date_gmt":"2015-08-21T08:42:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=13199"},"modified":"2015-08-21T09:42:41","modified_gmt":"2015-08-21T08:42:41","slug":"analysing-traffic-patterns-with-the-raspberry-pi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=13199","title":{"rendered":"Analysing traffic patterns with the Raspberry Pi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/makerzone.mathworks.com\/files\/2015\/08\/main_SL_model.png?resize=560%2C309\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"309\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Over at MathWorks&#8217; MakerZone,\u00a0<a title=\"Posts by Eric Wetjen\" href=\"http:\/\/makerzone.mathworks.com\/author\/ericwetjen\/\" rel=\"author\">Eric Wetjen<\/a>\u00a0has written a tutorial\/article in which he shows a way of using a webcam to count cars on a highway. 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