Spying the friendly skies
A topical news article, courtesy of the Telegraph:
Researchers in Britain and Europe are looking at technology that would see a comprehensive network of microphones and cameras installed throughout the aircraft, including the lavatory, which would be linked to a computer.
This computer would be "trained" to pick up suspicious behaviour...
Naïvely optimistic predictions of intelligent cybernetic espionage aside, the article is quite chilling in tone:
"If people know they will be safer, they will be happy to accept the sensors, but we are considering the legal implications of this."
If people know they will be safer.
In other news, I have realised that the fact that I nearly electrocuted myself last night can be traced to my friend Kim, who, 30 minutes before, wished me good luck for opening night.