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« on: September 17, 2010, 09:05:22 AM » |
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 Uploaded with ImageShack.us..........old lamb post..^ what that bit for? tell me thats not some type of antenna ? they replacing perfectly good street lighting with these? the lamp head seams a lot bigger than the old ones? and they are a lot taller? also they have put new ones that cover the pavement were as before they were on the other side of the road obviouly the higher they area the bigger the radious when light hitting the ground well i going to figure alternative routes that avoid these..... also they were put in via work men in white vans ect...no logos on them? they look like the old rubber anntenas you used to get on mobile phones or simliar devices  |
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« Reply #1 on: September 17, 2010, 09:23:28 AM » |
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/6309917.stmCould X-ray scanners work on the street? Could X-ray scanners work on the street?
X-ray machines are used at UK airports
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X-ray cameras that would "undress" passers-by in a bid to thwart terrorists concealing weapons, could be coming to a street near you, according to reports. Aside from the obvious privacy issues, would such a plan work?
Leaked documents said to have been drawn up by the Home Office and seen by the Sun newspaper say cameras which can see through clothes could be built into lamp posts to "trap terror suspects".
While Home Secretary John Reid has denied knowledge of the plans, the technology is not dissimilar to that already found in some UK airports. Currently, air security officials pick out individuals to stand in a booth while three pictures are taken of the person in slightly different positions.
Within seconds, an X-ray scanner produces an image of the body, minus the clothes. What shows up is the naked human form and anything that may be concealed on the person, such as coins, a gun or drugs.
The real question is not whether the technology can see something under the clothing, it's how you respond to it
Bob Ayers
Security expert
There are other variations on the X-ray technology. Millimetre wave machines give more of a three-dimensional image, while terahertz radiation also penetrates clothing.
A one-month trial at London's Paddington rail station involved a millimetre wave scanner. A portable version - an "electronic wand" - was trialled last year at London's Canary Wharf and Greenford Underground stations.
No decision has been made about wider implementation, according to a Department of Transport spokesman, who says the challenges are being evaluated.
But security expert Bob Ayers, of Chatham House, believes putting an X-ray lens on a lamppost poses all sorts of resource questions.
Machine used on lorry
X-rays have been used on people traffickers
"Some guy walks past and his picture is beamed back to a control room to say that something is under his jacket. What do you do? Despatch a police car to hunt him down and frisk him?
"The real question is not whether the technology can see something under the clothing. It's how you respond to it when the technology says there's something unusual.
"Do you have police strolling down each street, ready to ask people what they have under their jacket?"
Privacy
The manpower cost would be "astronomical", he says, and CCTV would be required to match a description to the suspicious image.
"If you don't pick them up in minute or two, he's gone. What good does it do for you to know that at 11am this morning a guy walked down Victoria Street with a gun in his jacket?"
Besides, there could be problems distinguishing a money bag from a bomb strapped at the waist. But privacy should not be a concern because there is only a shadowy outline of the body, says Mr Ayers.
Millimetre wave machine
Fears have been raised about intrusive pictures
Professor Paul Wilkinson, a terrorism expert, is also doubtful. There would be a huge installation and maintenance cost, he says, plus the risk of antagonising ordinary citizens.
"The practicalities of these things working, if sufficient light, is in no doubt. The questions are when is this a useful addition to security and when does it become unduly intrusive and worrying to the public?"
What works for airline security, where passengers expect thorough checks, would not necessarily be tolerated when walking down the street, he adds.
Mr Ayers believes the best use of this technology is in a captured space, like at airport security or in a bus depot.
A spokesman for Qinetiq, one of the first firms to develop millimetre wave machines, says there have been successful uses for them.
"The Immigration Service has about eight or nine deployed around Europe, to see lorries crossing the Channel or at sea crossings into the UK.
"Using this technology alongside complementary technology such as CO2 monitors, they have detected thousands of people stashed away on lorries."
He adds that the US military are trialling millimetre wave machines at military checkpoints to combat the threat of suicide bombers. The use of cables mean they can be operated from any distance.
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« Reply #2 on: September 17, 2010, 09:24:46 AM » |
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or are they wireless or mini mobile phone mast as well ? http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3578982.stmNew York set for citywide wireless
By Matt Wells
BBC, New York
New York City is on the verge of going fully wireless, according to a deal being finalised this month between authorities and a group of six technology companies.
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New Yorkers suffer from patchy mobile coverage
In exchange for being able to mount up to 18,000 new lamp post-based antennas, to strengthen coverage around the five boroughs, the companies will pay the city government around $25m each year. they are not just lamps post thats for sure but evey new one has one of these anntena looking thing on it? |
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« Reply #3 on: September 17, 2010, 09:48:47 AM » |
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havent i just figured this out tourment me , piss me off then wait to I leave my house monitor my emotions and see if your lamp post camers/other tech can detect me different behaviour and actions.....yes f**k you.
think about how any TI`s complian of road works going on around them? I bet they are sticking there covert spying/monitoring gear in and using TIs as test ...as they monitor and manipulate us they can run test on there other equipment...see how we walk , body laugague ect...
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« Reply #4 on: September 17, 2010, 12:28:57 PM » |
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or are they little wifi anntenas??? Through-Wall Tracking With Wireless Networks (with description) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifQkbMJ_sXM&feature=player_embedded#!maybe the same idea but on a larger scale? Seeing Through Walls With WiFi trackback from post: Researchers from the University of Utah have come up with a way to use Wireless signals using the 802.15.4 protocol to track objects through walls using a process called variance-based radio tomographic imaging.Using this method they are able to quickly and accurately track a person within a building moving to different locations. This new development [...] |
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« Reply #5 on: September 17, 2010, 03:29:26 PM » |
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hmmm http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article6920142.eceSwindon to become first UK wi-fi town
Simon de Bruxelles
Until yesterday Swindon was stuck squarely between Bristol and Reading on the M4 corridor in Wiltshire. Now it has moved one step closer to Silicon Valley with plans to become Britain’s first wi-fi town, and free internet access for its 186,000-strong population.
No one within the borough boundary will be out of range of a wireless connection after April next year, when 1,400 access points will be placed on street lamps to form the “Swindon mesh”. The aim, according to the leader of the borough council, which is backing the project, is for the region to show the way for the rest of England.
The project is a partnership between the borough council and two private companies, both of which hope to recoup their investment by offering paid-for upgrades to businesses and heavy users.
However, every Swindon resident will receive free wireless access for a limited period each day.
The town, which is home to a number of high-tech businesses, already has the country’s highest broadband usage. Even so, the average broadband speed is 2.8MB; far slower than the 20MB connections promised by the consortium.
Rod Bluh, leader of Swindon Borough Council, said: “This is the future of England. The idea is that everyone will have time-limited access and then they will be able to buy extra. It hasn’t yet been decided whether it will be two or three hours a day but it will be at the same speed as the paid-for access.”
Customers will be able to use the wif-fi mesh to receive premium services such as CCTV monitoring or to check their electricity usage.
The project is expected to cost £1 million and is jointly funded by the council and Avidity and aQovia, which each own a one-third share. Together they have formed the company Digital City UK. The private companies will recoup their investment by charging subscriptions for extended access and broadband packages.
Attempts to set up similar schemes in the US have foundered because of the cost of infrastructure, but Mr Bluh said: “This is tried and tested technology. Although it is the first in Britain, there are 90 other cities worldwide where this has been done.
“We are funding this in the form of loans, and even if the companies were to fail we would be covered, because we will own the hardware.”
The service will also be available to visitors to the town, who will pay a one-off fee for access. Installation will begin in the Highworth area in early December and the whole town should be covered by the end of April 2010.
Rikki Hunt, of Avidity, said: “I have a view that the reason this hasn’t been done before is that no one has thought of putting together the public and private model. We both have different skills to bring to the table. We bring the commerciality and the public sectors bring the knowledge of the community. We have built up a trust between us.”
Although Swindon will be the first to cover a whole community, many town and city centres in Britain already have free wi-fi — but it’s not always welcome. In Glastonbury, Somerset, there have been complaints from some residents that it is causing people to suffer headaches.
However, Mustafa Arif, director of aQovia, which is providing the technology for the project, said that scientific studies have shown that the weak signal from wi-fi routers poses no health risks.
Swindon residents were enthusiastic yesterday about the plan for free wi-fi but are waiting to see how it will work in practice. Amy Morris, 24, who works as a purchaser for a high street store, said: “It’s great we are taking the lead. We will have to wait and see how fast it is, but even if it is slow you can’t complain, because it’s free.” James Richards, 33, said: “This could have benefits for a lot of people, because it’s a cost saving, but it all depends on the access. My main worry is that it might be too slow to be useful and it will be interesting to see good the service is.
“I will believe it’s completely free when I see it, but this is certainly a good thing for Swindon.” |
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« Reply #6 on: September 17, 2010, 03:31:09 PM » |
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oopps like like they forgot to stick ones these on them...I must be a good citzen and put them on  oops oh dear they forgot to stick one off these on these  that will show up nice on that black paint disguised mobile phone mast as a street light  maybe we should make some big brother watching device stickers and put them on these things? |
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« Reply #7 on: September 17, 2010, 04:41:13 PM » |
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« Reply #8 on: September 22, 2010, 08:43:04 PM » |
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http://www.dpaonthenet.net/article/34745/Blackpool-brings-street-lighting-control-into-the-21st-century.aspxBlackpool brings street lighting control into the 21st century
25 June 2010
Leeds based Harvard Engineering has won a contract worth GBP4m to install its award-winning LeafNut central monitoring and wireless control system for street lighting across Blackpool. The contract follows the decision by Community Lighting Partnership (CLP), working on behalf of Blackpool Council, to award E-ON UK the renewal and ongoing maintenance work of life-expired road lighting, illuminated traffic signs and traffic signals equipment.
The deal means that LeafNut will be deployed across 22,000 pieces of apparatus, leading to savings of up to £1 million in energy costs per annum and over 2 million kg per annum on carbon emissions.
LeafNut allows Local Authorities to manage their street lighting without having to switch them off altogether. This is achieved by remotely adjusting the output of each individual street light, which can be programmed for different lighting levels corresponding to peak needs such as rush hours and areas of late night entertainment, dimming the lights in times and areas of low need such as the early hours of the morning. This can save up to £46 per street light, per year and 100kg of carbon emissions per street light, per year.  LED and street lighting specialist Harvard Enginering has chosen Star, which provides on-demand computing and communication services to UK businesses, as its technology partner for an innovative lighting control project.
Harvard has selected The Star Platform to provide high availability access to the company’s revolutionary wireless street lighting solution LeafNut. The service, delivered by Star, will initially give 30 local authorities the ability to remotely manage their street lighting sytems over a 3G network. The project will involve more than 40,000 street lights, and will help the local authorities to save up to 40 per cent on their energy bills.
The hosted service means Harvard Engineering can help customers manage and monitor important data, such as power consumption sent and received by each street light, and then communicate this back to the central system.
“We are excited about this partnership with Star, because it releases us to concentrate on our core business,” says Martin Baum, finance director at Harvard Engineering. “We chose Star specifically because of their highly resilient and secure service, and the scalability of the platform is crucial to our growth plans. With Star’s support, we can deliver LeafNut to new customers quickly and seamlessly.”
The LeafNut system has already been deployed in nearly 30 locations across the world, mainly in the UK. The system can save up to £46 per light per year and reduce carbom emissions by 100kg per light, per year. LeafNut uses the WiMAC wireless Central Management System to remotely monitor and control the output of each individual street light. The technology reduces maintenance costs by identifying lamp problems in advance and accurately predicting lamp failure.
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« Reply #9 on: September 25, 2010, 08:04:28 PM » |
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just listen in an AJ get fined for a sticker on a lamp post? WTF
see they don`t like the idea of people being made aware of all these Wi FI devices or CCTV or these deguised phone mast or other big brother spying equipment in our streets
also I don`t thnk they like people in these areas who start noticing things and then looking up sites like inforwars ect....
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« Reply #10 on: September 25, 2010, 08:19:39 PM » |
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hmm I remmber in one of AJ movies when he came to the uk he talk to a few people talking about big brother and pointed out the row of CCTV`s on a pole and people were like dam I come here every day and never noticed them?
if people were made aware of just how many there are and in our streets then maybe people will think and question things.
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« Reply #11 on: September 25, 2010, 08:33:12 PM » |
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new world order CCTV everywhere in the UK http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGAEmG0jhPsI drove around my home town for 20 minutes to highlight how much we are watched in the UK. Once the chaos comes it will be easy for the police to control us as they've been doing it already for many years now. The UK is a police state people just don't want to believe it...............wake up. |
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« Reply #12 on: September 25, 2010, 08:55:23 PM » |
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