Google Earth Tracks Traffic, Clouds, You
Linked by Jordan Spencer Cunningham on Wed 30th Sep 2009 22:26 UTC
General Development Some of the kids over at Georgia Tech have recently unveiled a development that takes realtime information from varied sources such as CCTV cameras and motion detectors and layers it on to Google Earth and Microsoft Virtual Earth. The result? The ability to watch things happen as they happen anywhere in the world (well-- not quite anywhere just yet, but that's the idea). While this undoubtedly reeks of "awesome," the mind of a suspicious citizen of the 21st century automatically jumps to a future Orwellian land of Big Brothers who are this time running professional versions of Google Earth in dark offices atop mile-high, tinted-window skyscrapers.
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suspicious citizen
by UglyKidBill on Wed 30th Sep 2009 22:50 UTC
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2005-07-27

Err... "future"??....

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Privacy
by dmrio on Wed 30th Sep 2009 23:52 UTC
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2005-08-26

A minute of silence to remember the Privacy.

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Tinfoild Hats
by panzi on Thu 1st Oct 2009 00:01 UTC
panzi
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2006-01-22

Don't use tinfoil hats! Scientific research has shown that they act as antennas in frequency ranges owned by the government (e.g. GPS) and mobile phone companies.

See: http://people.csail.mit.edu/rahimi/helmet/

Edited 2009-10-01 00:01 UTC

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RE: Tinfoild Hats
by Blind on Thu 1st Oct 2009 01:51 UTC in reply to "Tinfoild Hats"
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2009-09-24

Don't use tinfoil hats! Scientific research has shown that they act as antennas in frequency ranges owned by the government (e.g. GPS) and mobile phone companies.

See: http://people.csail.mit.edu/rahimi/helmet/


I'm working on an aluminum oxide suit idea.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8279549.stm

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Kids?
by JayDee on Thu 1st Oct 2009 04:06 UTC
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2009-06-02

Some of the kids over at Georgia Tech


I can guarantee you these are not kids. They are most likely computer engineering or computer science PhD candidates. I've seen a lot of cool stuff here at GT ;-)

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RE: Kids?
by DrillSgt on Thu 1st Oct 2009 15:26 UTC in reply to "Kids?"
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2005-12-02

"Some of the kids over at Georgia Tech


I can guarantee you these are not kids. They are most likely computer engineering or computer science PhD candidates. I've seen a lot of cool stuff here at GT ;-) "

For some of us, if you are under 30, you are a kid ;)

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Vital testing apparatus destroyed
by Buck on Thu 1st Oct 2009 09:49 UTC
Buck
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2005-06-29

Doesn't sound all that exciting. All that they're doing is using surveillance cameras to somehow extrapolate things. Nothing anyone should really worry about since the cameras are already in place and anyone can see the footage.
It would be cooler if there was a specialized network of sensors operating in both visible light and infrared that could totally map a certain area, in 3D.

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If everyone can do it
by benjamin_m on Thu 1st Oct 2009 12:43 UTC
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2009-06-05

Well, it would be a bit different if everyone could do it, as opposed to certain "trusted" people. But it still is a bit creepy.

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Mind control wave deflector
by kenji on Thu 1st Oct 2009 15:32 UTC
kenji
Member since:
2009-04-08

Some of you are probably already dusting off the tin-foil hats after reading.

My mind control wave deflector gets too much use these days to collect dust.

Shields up! Red Alert! ;)

Seriously though, this is not an awesome idea. As long as google blurs out my face, I might live with it.

Edited 2009-10-01 15:34 UTC

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1984
by DrillSgt on Thu 1st Oct 2009 15:46 UTC
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2005-12-02

Now we know why 1984 was deleted from the Kindle! ;)

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