And coming soon to a street corner near you.
Yet another reason why the Patriot Act and creation of the DHS was a bad idea.
Posted on 06/08/2010 1:28:10 PM PDT by mgstarr
You might think the British have it bad, being caught on CCTV camera up to 300 times a day each—but this new 360-degree video camera is being tested by the US Department of Homeland Security right now.
The idea is that the Imaging System for Immersive Surveillance (or ISIS, for short) will capture all angles of the crime being committed underneath, with the video being stitched together automatically much like panoramic photos on a digital camera. Video footage will be ultra-high-res, with the 100MP image sensor being "as detailed as 50 full-HDTV movies playing at once, with optical detail to spare," according to the DHS' Science and Technology Directorate's Infrastructure and Geophysical Division's program manager Dr. John Fortune.
It's been put through the ranks at Boston's Logan airport since the tail-end of 2009, but the DHS is now working on a smaller version able to shoot in even higher resolution. Those 100-megapixels not enough, eh?
And coming soon to a street corner near you.
Yet another reason why the Patriot Act and creation of the DHS was a bad idea.
Isis is worse than mom because mom always seemed to have eyes in the back of her head. Now we know this woman Isis does have eyes to see all and hear all. I wonder if software will determine if your movements are suspicious or if the camera will talk to you like in the UK?
I have a most WONDERFUL place to test it in, THE WHITE HOUSE
If you are “stitching” images together, how admissible are they in a court of law?
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