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what does the world’s emerging big brother, 1984 style surveillance society hold for the future? discussed in the video are cctv security cameras, spy drones, warrantless wiretapping, internet surveillance, rfid chips and other forms of new dictatorial surveillance. these technologies and corporations behind them are setting the precedent for more government control over our lives in the years to come. if you have the mindset that if you do nothing wrong then there’s no need to worry, think again.
mimicking the human eye's rapid intermittent movement – or saccade motion – can make surveillance systems much more effective, claims a new patent filed for the us government by hui cheng at the sarnoff vision unit in new jersey.
to illustrate, consider this: how many uncrewed-aerial-vehicle cameras would be needed to continually catch all movement over a 3-kilometre-square area on the ground? the answer is several hundred. or you might use a single drone, but it would then take 20 minutes for a full scan. in some circumstances, neither option is acceptable.
to enhance the area viewed by the cameras, cheng has mimicked a natural trick. the human eye’s fovea (where vision is most acute) sees with maximum detail only in a 4° zone but extends useably detailed vision to about 80° by continually flitting its view and focusing on any motion detected. this means areas of interest – where something has changed – are covered without needing detailed vision over a large area.
the new surveillance system replicates this with two cameras – a wide-angle, low-definition camera which seeks signs of movement across wide area, and a high-definition narrow-angle camera which darts toward the motion and takes a detailed view.
the two views are merged into one for the security officer to view. detail is continually added where it is most needed, for instance when a tank rolls, a car pulls out of a garage or someone tries to climb a wall. the end result, says the patent, is that two cameras do the job of 200.
click here for the eye-like surveillance patent.
source: newscientist
do not take the radiator cap off when hot. this guy received burns to his arms and face.
ad for the thinking man
a businessman died and five people were injured in a helicopter crash/explosion occurred on the afternoon of monday jan 05/09
bbc clip from "the satellite story" charting the history of satellite technology, it`s developments and the original war plans created around the breakthrough technology. "this video looks at firing missiles over the north pole, and how satellites were used for surveillance."
watch what you are doing. big brother is watching.
