One Nation Under Surveillance (theepochtimes.com)
Stepping through Hong Kong’s gateway to China, in Shenzhen’s Huanggang Port Control Point, travelers are immediately under close surveillance of a dozen cameras which hang from the ceiling.
On their way from the control point to the nearby bus stop, they are watched by dozens more surveillance cameras installed outside buildings, around street corners, or on traffic lights.
In fact, their entire stay in Shenzhen may be monitored by cameras in hotels, shopping malls, theaters, buses, street corners, and even small mom-and-pop stores.
Shenzhen, China’s first Special Economic Zone, has once again become an experimental ground. This time, instead of trying its hand with liberal economic policies, China’s communist regime is putting a new surveillance network through its paces. more... 11/11/2009
Jail visits by webcam grow in popularity (courierpostonline.com)
Standing in front of a webcam Thursday night inside a small room in a Camden church, Julio and Elba Rodriguez talked about family friends and day-to-day life with their son inside the Camden County Jail. For the 2 1/2 half years that 29-year-old Jason Rodriguez has been incarcerated, the couple has gone to the church on Kaighn Avenue every other Thursday at 6 p.m. for a half-hour video visit session. more... 11/9/2009
State offers one-stop shopping for traffic webcams (boston.com)
The state has announced a website that will provide one-stop shopping for people who want to look at a number of live webcam views of traffic around the state.
The highway traffic camera page, www.mass.gov/511/cameras, will include views from cameras from the former Turnpike and MassHighway Departments, as well as some Tobin Bridge camera views. Previously, Turnpike camera feeds were available on one website, while MassHighway camera feeds were available on a totally separate site. more... 11/2/2009
Hospitals to reach remote areas by webcam 'from 2010' (bdnews24.com)
Health minister AFM Ruhul Haque said Monday that all district, upazila and large government hospitals are to be given web camera facilities by June next year so patients in remote areas can get medical assistance by video conferencing.
"Till now civil surgeons of 64 districts have been given computers, internet access and web cameras," Haque told parliament during the question and answer session.
"Many of them have already started telemedicine operations through video conferencing at combined district hospitals."
"In the next fiscal year, all community hospitals will be given PCs or mini laptops with web cameras in phases."
The minister said, in addition, all district and upazila hospitals already had mobile phones, with the numbers available on the health department's website. more... 11/2/2009
