Tuesday, 7 February, 2012

London pioneered video surveillance in public, but it’s catching on fast. Many major cities have systems, and more are coming. What do these cameras learn? How do they interact with other sources of data? In this culture of disclosure should we even worry about privacy?

For aerial navigation in cramped spaces it’s bat MAV to the rescue. Big bucks have been pumped into micro-aerial vehicle (MAV) research due to interest from the surveillance industry. Traditional fixed-wing and propeller driven flight doesn’t scale down well for tight, close quarters maneuvering. Flappy flight on the other hand has gotten bats out of [...]

Forget Big Brother, your neighbor could be watching you! Newest tricks of the spy game.