Roland Piquepaille at ZDNet.com discusses a National Geographic article on the use of fly eyes for helping digital cameras and surveillance systems to “see” better. From the article — Even with our sophisticated cameras, we can sometimes get poor pictures. This usually happens because cameras use an average light setting to control brightness. When parts […]
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The Council of Middlesbrough, England has set up a system of public surveillance system of security cameras that watch people and also reprimand and yell at people who are causing trouble or engaging in criminal activity. From thewest.com – “It is like a public humiliation in a way, but it means that the person won’t […]
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MSNBC is reporting that bounty hunter Duane ‘Dog’ Chapman has been arrested along with two co-stars from his TV show today on charges of illegal detention and conspiracy in an alleged kidnapping in Mexico three years ago. From the article – Chapman, 53, his son Leland Chapman, and associate Timothy Chapman were taken into custody […]
As people search engines grow more powerful, the world grows smaller. This story from The Daily Press reports on a man who reunited a sailor and his lost military hat, 27 years after it was swept out to sea. After doing an extensive internet search, Vietnam veteran Will Miller reunited sailor Jeff Harris with his […]
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We have discussed the powerful potential of using social networks like MySpace and Facebook to do people searches and background checks and research before. Once reserved only for high school and college students, Facebook is planning to allow open registration for other people. According to a post on TechCrunch — The exclusive Facebook social club, […]
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