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Larry Goes to the Market

Miss Cellania — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 14:38:58 +0000

Last week, a surveillance video of a drunk guy at a convenience store became quite popular. However, it was almost eleven minutes long and was, well, a store surveillance video. The guys at Mustache and Monocle re-edited it and gave it the silent movie treatment, making it much easier to watch, and just as funny. -via Gorilla Mask

Warm Welcome and Friendly Atmosphere

Alex — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 19:05:26 +0000

David Dunnico has an interesting Flickr photoset where he photographs the ubiquitous CCTVs (and their signs) in Manchester, England as an ongoing art project: Link – via Accordion Guy

“Surveillance” by William Betts

Alex — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 07:47:25 +0000

Last Seen (2006) by William Betts

William Betts is like the modern day Seurat – In his "Surveillance" series, he makes paintings from digital photographs using his own specially-designed machine to apply dots of acrylics onto canvas. The result is a grainy image akin to the blurry still images of a surveillance CCTV: Link – via The Zeray Gazette

Minority Report CCTV

Alex — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 18:37:31 +0000

Britain has taken one more step in becoming a surveillance society with this: a "crime-predicting" CCTV that seems to be plucked straight out of science fictions:

Computers are programmed to analyse the movements of people or vehicles in the camera frame. If someone is seen lurking in a particular area, the computer will send out an alarm to a CCTV operator.

The operator will then check the image and – if concerned – ring the police. The aim is to stop crimes before they are committed. If a vehicle is moving too fast or slow – indicating joyriding or kerb-crawling, for example – a similar alert could be given.

Link

I admit I had to look up kerb crawling