Since the world’s first CCTV camera was installed in Germany in 1942, the number of surveillance cameras around the world has grown immensely. In fact, it only took us 79 years to go from one camera to nearly one billion of these devices.
technology
Hello Lamp Post: Taking Talking Tech to a Whole New Level
Picture being able to talk to your post box about the people who passed by it before you did, or asking a manhole cover about what’s been happening on the street lately. In a nutshell, it’s the Internet of Things, but for ordinary street objects – a literal interpretation of the concept of a “smart city”.
See previous post.
How Google Falls
“There are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen.” —Vladimir Lenin
This has been such a week or several weeks. Everything seems to be happening. Most of it not so good. And it ain’t over.
At such times, it is easy to become despondent. Americans are watching cherished institutions crumble in the face of leftist ideology: the FBI, the courts, election officials, the Justice Department, ballots in trucks, ballots in suitcases. No need to review that here.
Well, there is something else going on, and maybe it’s time to dig into it a bit.
Stand back from the political maelstrom, take a deep breath, and let’s talk technology. No, let’s go deeper and talk software.