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    RalphMojojojo: In Britain, under the Freedom Of Information Act, you can legally request footage from any public camera that features you. http://www.whatdotheyknow... more »
    Bedsit: This issue is just one of the more visible tenets of Labours Britain. In the last 10 year they have made more than 7000 legislative acts - more than t... more »
    NewtonAtalanta: Let's all wear surgical masks and sunglasses like they already do in Asia... a) your lungs and your eyes get protection from pollution b) your identit... more »
    LuciaCabaret: You want to try living in Britain. It's getting worse every day. CCTV is the least of it! more »
    causeiambetta: 1984 is my favorite book of all time, and having visited the UK several times last 2yrs...the police state analogy is very apt. Cameras everywhere gov... more »
    Klebert L. Hall: The mistake that the British Libertarians are making is that there's still time to change anything, when it's actually far too late. Oh, and they're m... more »
    KaraGaloof: This website shows its ignorance about Britain yet again. more »
    Dragon_Wire: It's strange, just a few weeks ago everyone was talking about surveillance and how it can ruin everyone's lives, and now from what it seems from the c... more »
    Aethelred: "worrys" "purhapes" "rationalise"Kan wee puhleez geht spale czech ahn heah?And before your knee (or "nee" as it would probably happen) jerks any highe... more »
    Julian Bond: 4 million CCTV cameras and nobody's watching. As twDarkflame said, relatively few of these are operated by government (local, national or police) and ... more »
    reverendskinner: I doubt that the people who push for constant surveillance and curtailing free speech really care that people get angry over it. These are the kind of... more »
    Illogic: I dislike camera based on the possibility of abuse. If the wrong government gets elected it could very well lead to abuse. Luckily that doesn't seem t... more »
    twDarkflame: Ok heres an idea; I think purhapes what might be a solution would be to invent a completely sealed camera that has a weeks memory. Absolutely nothing ... more »
    twDarkflame: *yawn* I think 1984 has done more damage to libbertys then good, because people use it to scare-monger, normaly at the wrong targets. CCTV cameras are... more »
    Captain_Fitz: Indeed and in Britain public surveillance is generally used for the good of the people and i think most of the population recognize that. To be honest... more »
  • #politicalsciencefiction

    British Libertarian Party Fights Surveillance with George Orwell

  • #filmmaking

    Can You Make A Science Fiction Film In Two Days?

  • #art

    Screaming Light Show Illuminates Goth Cathedral

    The York Minster is the largest gothic cathedral in Northern Europe. It's usually dark and gloomy, but at the end of last year, as part of the city-wide Illuminating York iniative, a bunch of artists projected massive neon animation against the facade of the building. Then they programmed the projection so that the colorful light patterns would move according to people's voices. Creepy screaming and awesome FX video after the jump. More »
  • #design

    New UK Window Display Shows Fluorescent Human Veins

    The Wellcome Trust is a UK charity organization with a penchant for provocative haute design. (They're also the guys that commissioned the awesome raining molten metal sculpture.) Their current window display features two naked human arms. Every few minutes, the arms turn from opaque to translucent, and bright red veins and arteries made of glass neon tubes magically appear. It's supposed to symbolize medical research. Images by Paul Cocksedge Studio Paul Cocksedge Studio main page via DesignBoom
  • #scifashion

    Hussein Chalayan Wants to Dress You in Lights

    Forget about paisley dresses and giant platform heels, even though they kinda made a comeback in 2007. British/Turkish Cypriot designer Hussein Chalayan understands that in the future, clothes will no longer be static. They will disappear, shrink, stretch, and light up while you wear them so that people don't get bored of looking at you all night. Elegance will be redefined by metamorphosis, not chiffon. And it really doesn't matter if nobody can see your pretty face, as long as your dress lights up the room with its LEDs. More »