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Xavier Rozas

Augmented Earth...cool or really, really scary! Watch this video! - 1 views

www.cnn.com/video

Augmented reality education video feed emerging technology

shared by Xavier Rozas on 03 Oct 09 - Cached
  • Xavier Rozas on 03 Oct 09
     
    Orwell missed the mark with his vision of a society that is policed by a single panoptical entity (government). WE ARE BIG BROTHER! Regardless of use, taste or even civility, the masses are using their digital recorders to capture everything. These students have developed a very interesting aggrigator of live video cams that layers over Google Earth sat feeds....Check this out!
Drew Nelson

Kids Tagged With RFID Chips? The Creepy New Technology Schools Use to Track Everything ... - 2 views

www.alternet.org/...ildren-even-what-theyre-eating

technology education 1984 orwell distopia surveillance emerging technology scary

shared by Drew Nelson on 09 Oct 12 - No Cached
  • Drew Nelson on 09 Oct 12
     
    In general, these systems consist of a school photo ID card affixed to a lanyard that is worn around the student's neck. The ID has a RFID chip embedded in it. The tag includes a digit number assigned to each student. As a student enters the school or pass beneath a doorway equipped with an RFID reader, the tag ID is read, recorded and sent to a server in the school's administrative office. The captured data not only provides an attendance list (sent to the teacher's PDA), but tracks the student's movement throughout the day.
  • Maria Anaya on 10 Oct 12
     
    I like that it makes attendance easier to monitor but still seems kinda creepy...and there's always a way around those systems....
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