McKENZIE (March 7) — Twenty-five McKenzie High School students were allowed to tour the Cachengo facility at the former hospital building in McKenzie. The students were invited to the facility by Cachengo CEO, Ash Young. Members of the Young family and technicians of Cachengo explained the technology company’s mission of providing high-end data storage systems to meet global demands for Edge Computing, Machine Learning (ML), and Artificial Intelligence (AI) by replacing the over-use of single, large CPUs with several smaller ones, embedded in each drive to perform localized computing where the data actually sits.

Students witnessed first-hand the intricacies of components of Cachengo data storage systems. Their two symbiote boxes, Bento (up to 8 symbiotes) and Pizza (32 symbiotes), create an ultra-smart drive ideally suited for edge technology.

In recent weeks, Cachengo partnered with Law Enforcement Network (LEN), a provider of secure communication systems and AI-powered security technologies. The two companies are working together in an alliance to advance security technologies. Through AI weapon detection systems that detect weapons in real-time, identifying potential threats would securely send instant emergency notifications, voice messages, and real-time images and videos between first responders and the public.

Through a simulation, students saw the AI weapons detention system at work. The camera quickly recognized the signature of a handgun and provided a notification. Young noted that false positives are likely but some objects can resemble a weapon such as a handheld camera.

Students took part in a question and answer session with Young and Sergeant Kyle Beauchamp of the McKenzie Police Department. The conversation focused on AI weapons technology, the ethics of AI technology and the understanding that most individuals are under some type of surveillance system daily.

Just before the arrival of the students to the Cachengo facility, it was announced Frost Museum of Science in Downtown Miami will implement the LEN AI weapons technology. Cachengo also works with the New Jersey transit system providing up to date cutting edge technology.