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
Watch baby giraffe blossom on webcam (journalgazette.net)
It was the first time Amber Eagleson had seen a giraffe giving birth. She knew it was coming, but it still caught her off-guard.
The mother, Zuri, had been in labor at Fort Wayne Children’s Zoo for three hours when the newborn dived headfirst out of her mother and hit the floor more than 2 feet below, said Eagleson, area manager for the African Journey exhibit. more... 10/28/2009
Wyoming National Guard brings soldiers home via webcam (gillettenewsrecord.com)
At the front of the auditorium stood a large screen with an American flag as a backdrop.
Suddenly, Sgt. Eric Hanson came into view on the screen, dressed in military uniform. Hanson, a 36-year-old convoy escort commander from Gillette, is stationed in Kuwait with 40 other soldiers from Campbell County.
Chantel Russell, family assistance specialist for the Wyoming National Guard, walked up to the screen. Russell told Hanson she just got off the phone with his wife, Ramona. She asked Russell to tell him “hello” and “I love you.” Ramona wanted to be there, Russell said, but their kids had school the next morning.
About a dozen people came to Gillette College on Tuesday night to get an update on the Wyoming National Guard’s troop deployment. The session included a live Internet-based chat with Hanson and two other soldiers in Kuwait. The three didn’t appear on-screen at the same time. Each took turns sitting in front of a webcam. more... 10/14/2009
Rescued puppies a big hit on Web (www3.signonsandiego.com)
Eleven rescued German shepherd puppies and their mother, found without food or water, are getting foster care from a San Diego County couple, and the pups' exploits have been an international Webcam hit.
Following a call from a concerned citizen, Riverside County authorities found the mother, Juno, and puppies locked in a backyard in Perris five weeks ago, the day after they were born. more... 10/12/2009
Webcam helps solve Midwest City theft (newsok.com)
The power of the Internet enabled a woman in the Philippines to alert her husband to thieves burglarizing his Midwest City apartment last weekend.
It was nighttime in the nation of islands off the coast of southeastern China when, though a webcam, she heard a loud noise coming from Air Force Master Sgt. James Chouinard’s apartment about 8,000 miles away.
"It caused her to wake up, and she looked and boom, there these kids were crawling through the window,” Chouinard said Tuesday.
more... 10/7/2009
Rural patients to get webcam examinations (news.scotsman.com)
PLANS are in place to help patients in rural areas of the Lothians get access to specialist care from their own home.
The Scottish Government is set to launch the electronic system which would see consultants examine patients over a webcam.
Along with the camera to enable communication, the device will also be equipped with technology to read blood pressure and monitor glucose levels. more... 10/5/2009
Robotic Surgeons Take Over at a Hospital Near You (origin.popularmechanics.com)
Once considered oddities, multiarmed tools are becoming mainstays of hospital operating rooms. The industry trailblazer in the human–robot medical team is the da Vinci HD Surgical System, a multiarmed assistant that is directly controlled by a surgeon who sits at a nearby console. The system, made by Intuitive Surgical of Sunnyvale, Calif., has been steadily adopted by hospitals performing urology, gynecology and cardiology operations since the HD’s introduction in 2006. more... 9/30/2009
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