Hand with the planned location of a RFID (radio-frequeny identification) chip, and after the procedure. In 2004 Conrad Chase offered the VIP customers of his nightclubs in Barcelona and Rotterdam the option to have this inserted and in return recieve free drinks.
In 2004 18 employees recieved the implant to gain access to a secure data room.

The government has said no such chip will be used within the public, yet there is always a chance, as these chips could offer instant information on each person and even tracking.

Never say never?

Clarify, what is going to drive change in the future?

• money - economics
• running out of resources
• market pull
• environmental issues
• new technologies
• trends (music, fashion etc)
• new materials
• legal factors
• advertising
• war/terrorism
• demand
• politics

Consider various factors above that would/could effect how surrveilance would change in the future.

Films:

• Metropolis, 1927
• Farenheit, 1966
• The day after tomorrow, 2004
• Children of mel, 2005

..hang on!
CADBURY'S smash???

Communication Technology 1

..oh what nightmares the future may hold!!!!

Children of men

As i chose to look at surveillance for this next project (website project) as a start i watched the film 'children of men' (to be truthful i kind of also watched it because its a great film).

It didn't really have much reference to surveillance but gave a good impression of what the future may hold. It particularly shows the STEEPLE analysis quite clearly (social, technical, environmental, economic, political, legal, ethical), mainly through the seperation of ethics which builds the basis of the film. I could talk about the film extensively, but at the end of the day i'm not doing a film review!

If you haven't watched it you have to, especially within this project!!!

Prof. Heinrich Hoffmann

Christmas Tree Decorations

Nazi Propoganda Booklets

Photographed at the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, Newcastle, 22/10/09

Was looking around the display of books for reasearch on book project when came across these, quite amusing really

Hans Eijkelboom

World Financial Centre 12.00 - 12.00 hours,

Manhattan, New York

May 8, 1996

Image photographed at the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, Newcastle, 22/10/09

For the last 15 years Hans Eijkelboom has been studying three major cities in the world, chosen for their high status at the time. Through his photographs he studies the cultural, and urban life style throughout the cities making comparisons between all. In his images you can see the similarities made between each location.

Paris, New York, Shanghai

A book about the past, present and (possibly) future capital of the world