|::| Tuesday, April 23, 2002
- |::| Robot cameras 'will predict crimes before they happen' 11:21:36 AM
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CCTV: By learning behaviour patterns, computers could soon alert police when an unmanned camera sees 'suspicious' activity
From The Independent, via Daypop:
Scientists at Kingston University in London have developed software able to anticipate if someone is about to mug an old lady or plant a bomb at an airport.
It works by examining images coming in from close circuit television cameras (CCTV) and comparing them to behaviour patterns that have already programmed into its memory.
This all reminds me of an old SF story -- I think it was by Jesse Peel -- that took a glimpse into a regime where constant biometric monitoring permitted law enforcement to stop crimes before they happened, through aversive conditioning.
Citations via Daypop
Story from the Independent: http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/crime/story.jsp?story=287307
- |::| Manufacturing Serendipity 7:55:56 AM
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I'm more interested in exploring how this relates to IO. In one sense they are similar, in that I can post in my own space but see other people's responses in context. But that's really just a surface similarity; I think they serve two different purposes. IO is more controlled -- you have to subscribe to other people's feeds to read their responses -- and is therefore better suited for intentional collaboration. Auto-linkbacks are more about exploration and manufacturing serendipity. Must explore this further.
"Auto-linkbacks vs. Instant Outlining" [direct link] [Daypop Top 40]
