Cctv

News

Cop Chases Himself Because CCTV Confused Him With Suspect

5:30AM Yesterday | Jamie Condliffe

On a cold, dark night on the mean streets of the UK, an undercover police officer was radioed and informed that a potential suspect was close by. Keen to do the right thing, he set off in hot pursuit. Twenty fraught minutes later, he learned he’d been chasing… himself. More »


Cameras

TV Knows When The Gun You’re Waving Around Is Causing Panic

2:40AM August 24, 2011 | Kwame Opam

The London Riots caused so much havoc that they continue to spook British officials. So much so that they’re thinking of implementing so-called “Smart CCTV” that can track potential subjects and their behaviour. Cue the requisite 1984/V for Vendetta comparisons. More »


Cameras

China Enlists Cisco To Spy On The Public

11:55PM July 5, 2011 | Kat Hannaford

500,000 cameras have been purchased by the Chinese government for installation in the Chongqing city over the coming three years, to keep an eye out for crime, but more importantly political activists. Or so human rights warriors fret. More »


News

The Moment A Russian Axeman Looked Into The ATM Camera

3:20AM April 20, 2011 | Kat Hannaford

Apparently Russia has a slight problem with some crazy-skinhead running around town with an axe, hacking into ATMs. Evidence of his second destruction was caught on CCTV by the ATM, which sadly didn’t fare too well: More »


Geek Out

Why Does This Man Have A CCTV System Strapped To His Neck?

3:40AM March 10, 2011 | Sam Biddle

Art, of course! Korean student Hwang Kim is a little into voyeurism – so he created this CCTV neck collar, or “chandelier”, as he’s termed it, allowing you to monitor his every move via 12 cameras. More »


Cars

This Is Why We Have Stop Lights

2:00PM December 3, 2010 | Brian Barrett

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I’d like to say that no one was harmed in the making of this video, but when you go through so many car-on-car, car-on-bike and bike-on-bike collisions in such a short amount of time, well, that’s just being unrealistic. More »


Geek Out

The Great (Low-Tech) $US100 Million Art Heist

1:00PM May 21, 2010 | Kyle VanHemert

Last night, a thief walked out of the Paris Museum of Modern Art with some $US127 million in paintings by Picasso, Matisse, and Braque. There were no lasers and no temperature-sensitive security systems. Hell, there wasn’t even an alarm. More »


Geek Out

Snoop On Your Neighbours, Get Pleasure, Money

2:00AM October 8, 2009 | Jesus Diaz

In another step in their Short March to become the Deutsche Demokratische Republik, the United Kingdom of Great Britain is about to get a “game” that will allow any citizen to watch CCTV cameras every day and get prizes. More »


Geek Out

Chinese TV Ink Ad Must Have Required Tons Of Squids

11:40AM October 2, 2009 | Jesus Diaz

Directed by Niko Tziopanos, and azzparently starring a wholalotlot of Harry Potter’s Death Eater wannabes, this advertising for Central China Television has me completely mesmerised today. I just can’t have enough of that ink-in-water effect. [Likecool]


Cameras

The Spoticam Only Pretends It Cares Enough To Spy On You

12:40AM August 5, 2009 | Mark Wilson

I can’t speak for everyone here, but I can’t even take a piss without 3 or 4 cameras filming me at all times. So these Spoticam lamps will save me a lot of VHS-C tape. More »