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Random Stuff
Snoop On Your Neighbours, Get Pleasure, Money
2:00AM 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 »
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Chinese TV Ink Ad Must Have Required Tons Of Squids
11:40AM 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
12:40AM 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 »
The Spoticam Only Pretends It Cares Enough To Spy On You
12:40AM 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 »
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Britain Putting CCTV Cameras In Homes To Make Sure Kids Do Their Homework
12:20AM Adam Frucci | Thousands of “the worst families in England” are being put in “sin bins,” or subsidised housing outfitted with closed-circuit cameras. The cameras will be used to ensure that children do their homework and go to bed on time. Holy shit. More »
Press
Reports of CCTV Skyscraper Fire Hard to Find in Chinese Media
3:25PM Elaine Chow | Lots of things are wigging me out about the burned up CCTV building. Are fireworks that dangerous? What will happen with all that debris? And WHY are they censoring news of it over here? More »
Design
China’s CCTV Headquarters Trying to Shake ‘Hemorrhoids’ Nickname
6:00PM Elaine Chow | China cultural fun fact: People here love giving nicknames to buildings. With all the avante-garde architecture around, sometimes the nicknames are less than complimentary. The new CCTV building is now trying hard to not be known as “Hemorrhoids.”
Design
China Television HQ Done, Looks as Crazy as the Renderings
11:15PM Jesus Diaz | The facade of China Central Television Headquarters is now complete, just in time to look pretty tomorrow, when the world turns its eyes on Beijing’s Olympic Games. The 6.45 million-square-feet complex looks as amazing as the original renderings, defying gravity with its two leaning towers connected by two massive sections floating in midair. Still, the process of how they got connected is even more impressive: More »
Cameras
Security Camera Defeated by Balloon
10:34PM Mark Wilson | Intended as an artistic statement by William Lamson from his collection Intervention, we can’t help but to take note of the helium balloon as a clever, non-destructive way to defeat security cameras. Tethered at the right height and loaded with static electricity, a less honest man might use the technology to sneak into Nordstrom late at night to try on all the high heels. Wait, I meant, err, the gun store. To try out the guns. [William Lamson via MAKE] More »
Entertainment
CCTV Awesomeness: How to React When a Car Crashes Into You During Lunch
1:45AM Adam Frucci | Here’s some of the sweetest CCTV footage we’ve seen in a while: this guy was just sitting at a table by the window of a diner in North Carolina, minding his own business, when a car smashed through the wall, ramming him into the counter. His reaction? First things first, he put his hat back on. Damn. He escaped with only some minor cuts and bruises but didn’t get to finish his lunch. More »
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