Comments on: For Olympics, the Chinese Use Eyes in the Sky http://gigaom.com/2008/08/04/for-olympics-the-chinese-use-eyes-in-the-sky/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:06:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Toolbar Review http://gigaom.com/2008/08/04/for-olympics-the-chinese-use-eyes-in-the-sky/#comment-142952 Fri, 08 Aug 2008 03:37:10 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=16345#comment-142952 The “Olympics Toolbar” mentioned above seems unfinished and kinda confusing. There IS a big button that takes you to an online clothing store selling $18 tee shirts (takes 3 pages to find out the price).

The toolbar here is much better:

http://www.bivot.com/

Links to each Olympic sport, along with RSS feeds that are constantly updated. Also some nice gadgets, including a “Medal Counter” and a “Mini Olympics” game where you can try archery, weightlifting and diving without having to visit a web site. Great for keeping up to date when you’re stuck in the office.

]]> By: northbritain http://gigaom.com/2008/08/04/for-olympics-the-chinese-use-eyes-in-the-sky/#comment-142951 Tue, 05 Aug 2008 15:39:43 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=16345#comment-142951 That comes as no surprise. Have you seen their house rules for spectators?

China doesn’t want anything to reflect on its poor human rights record or the situation in Tibet.

tinyurl.com/5rdclc

]]> By: Dagon http://gigaom.com/2008/08/04/for-olympics-the-chinese-use-eyes-in-the-sky/#comment-142950 Tue, 05 Aug 2008 10:14:12 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=16345#comment-142950 Where have you been? Haven’t you noticed the TSA using profiling, biometrics and databases to look out for ‘terrorists’? Or the FBI / NSA using camera’s to check the crowds in the past few superbowls with face recognition software to weed out ‘criminals’? Or the rampant wiretapping and camera sureveillance going on all over the place? How can you possibly be worried about what China is doing when you started it?!

]]> By: John Feeney http://gigaom.com/2008/08/04/for-olympics-the-chinese-use-eyes-in-the-sky/#comment-142949 Mon, 04 Aug 2008 19:24:54 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=16345#comment-142949 London(2012), perhaps Chicago(2016) Surveillance security is the issue.

RFID chips on tickets, like the NFL won’t support that. Face recognition software, how much useless video is already in used. Monitoring internet access, like your provider now doesn’t track Torrent sites.

Can we separate the two issues. The technology creates possibilities far into the future, it’s the people’s attitude in controlling and deploying this that is the trouble. Curbing the technology because no-one will come too terms with changing man’s attitude is a cop-out.

We as a free society need to embrace these break-through ideas and show actual proof how too use them to “benefit” a society. Who is going to be the first site to allow visitors to log-into their surveillance network and view a cities current events and attractions. Who is going to be the first to charge a fee to generate additional funds to expand the network without public tax money?

Your entire “Sponsored” Gallery that’s who…

]]> By: David http://gigaom.com/2008/08/04/for-olympics-the-chinese-use-eyes-in-the-sky/#comment-142948 Mon, 04 Aug 2008 18:18:42 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=16345#comment-142948 I’m watching every minute. Just installed the Olympics Toolbar. Kinda cool – links to news, video, photos, results, etc. across all major networks.
http://2008SummerGames.OurToolbar.com

]]> By: michaelportent http://gigaom.com/2008/08/04/for-olympics-the-chinese-use-eyes-in-the-sky/#comment-142947 Mon, 04 Aug 2008 17:37:00 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=16345#comment-142947 Way to show your true colors, China. Red.

I’m officially, officially boycotting watching the Beijing games now. See you again in Vancouver for the 2010 Winter Olympics.

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