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griffin tucker
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city-wide permanent public cameras

map a 3-dimensional map of a city in real-time (ability to rewind and fast-forward) with cost-effective cameras scattered in the city, marking most public viewable areas allowable to be viewed by the public from a computer or mobile phone.

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Scott Armstrong 50+
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Jun 14 2011: why?
- griffin tucker 10+
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  Jun 14 2011: why not?
Tim blackburn 30+
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Jun 13 2011: orwell was so right
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  Jun 14 2011: the difference between this idea and orwell's is that the public can have access. would you rather this idea that could happen anyway simply be in the hands of government only?
Corvida Raven 100+
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Jun 13 2011: What's the purpose of this type of public awareness besides stalking others?
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  Jun 14 2011: good question. it's just an idea, what other purposes could there be? can you think of any?

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