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Big Brother Coming to a Coffee Table Near You - The Touchtable

November 16th, 2007 | Category: Commentary

I love technology. No. I do. I would marry my MacBook Pro if it had a pulse. But this technology scares me. The Touchtable - a modern day war table. It allows the military to zoom in on any geographic location and see what happened there over time. If you’re thinking about building an underground bunker, think again. It also allows the police force to predict crime by region and season so they know where to concentrate their forces and when.

If you’re the type of citizen that has bought into the hype of terror (a.k.a “the terror of hype”), you’ll be able to sleep easy tonight knowing that people in uniform can see the world at their fingertips. Knowing that the government has a huge electronic eye that’s watching every move of “the enemy”. Not very different from the Eye of Sauron. Yeah. Because, you know? Dark lords have a tendency to think they’re on the right side.

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9 Comments so far

  1. Radioactive Jam November 16th, 2007 5:48 pm

    Now I’m picturing an iPhone-like commercial to tout the Touchtable’s features, with the signature Apple music and everything. At the end the scene could do like, a fade to the Eye of Sauron.

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  3. In The Moment November 16th, 2007 8:50 pm

    The technology may be new but they have been spying on us forever.

  4. WORDofRYE November 16th, 2007 11:00 pm

    That is simply terrifying. I don’t know what else to say…

  5. omar November 17th, 2007 4:18 am

    The technology’s cool and all that, but I’m kind of caught up in the fact that his name is Rocky Roccanova.

  6. VelVerb November 17th, 2007 4:37 am

    radioactive - That made me laugh. Maybe you should produce it and put it on YouTube. It’ll make you famous. All I ask is that you mention me at the Academy Awards.

  7. Radioactive Jam November 17th, 2007 2:35 pm

    Deal! I’ll order one of the Touchtables and get started. They’re not expensive, right? Twenty, thirty bucks?

    *actually follows link and watches video this time*

    …Wow. That’s… wow.

    I’m thinking that’s gonna cost more than thirty bucks.

  8. VelVerb November 17th, 2007 3:51 pm

    In the moment, I know. But this still ups the ante in my view. Technology is just refining the spying.

  9. VelVerb November 17th, 2007 3:52 pm

    wordofrye, do you need a suggestion on what to say? I recommend, “AAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!”

    No charge.

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