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Camera on a Chip |
| Section: NATURAL SCIENCE / AT THE EDGE |
| Author: Eric R. Fossum And Sabrina Kemeny |
| Publication: The world & I online |
| Issue Date: 1/1/1996 |
| Size: 2,048 Words, 13,183 Characters |
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* From work, you give your house a call on your videophone. The house answers, and you punch in your access code. You open up the kitchen camera and, sure enough, there is your briefcase on the table, just where you forgot it.
* You're backing your car into a tight spot. Where is that curb? You flip on the right rear bumper camera and see that you are a few feet short of the curb and slowly back into position.
* You pull up to the same congested intersection you always pass on your way to work. Today, though, a new smart traffic signal has been installed. For the first time, the traffic light "sees" the cars and changes in response to traffic conditions.
It is nearly certain that electronic cameras will play a greatly increased role in your personal life within the next five years...
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... will be the traditional privacies of walls and distance.
New ethical questions regarding the viewing public's right to see all and be everywhere through the new telepresence need to be debated and decided. Concerns over "big brother's" ability to visually penetrate our personal lives need to be balanced with humans' seemingly insatiable appetite for visual stimulation and new information.
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