INFOGRAPHIC: Is Big Brother Watching You, Europe?

I made the inforgraph below to highlight for those who may be unaware the growing prevalence of CCTV systems throughout Europe.  I was somewhat surprised Oslo was only short 1 percent from tying London as having the most, considering London's known onslaught of surveillance systems.  Though the data is somewhat out of date and certainly not concrete, it is interesting when we remember those numbers have probably increased a great deal and have become much more diverse in their sophistication and development.  I (and so should you) would be curious if those numbers slowed down with the economic downturn experienced throughout most of Europe.  My guess is not as much as one would assume, given that CCTV systems have gotten less expensive and much more easily installed since this report came out.  I have attached the report for your perusal.

Is Big Brother Watching You, Europe? | Infographic

Here's the final report from Urban Eye in 2004:
www.urbaneye.net/results/ue_wp15.pdf

The Thriller on the Twitter Has Begun! G4S vs Securitas

Okay, folks.  *cue drum roll*  The Twitter Account Showdown of Top Security Firms for 2012 has begun.  Today, we look at the accounts of G4S and Securitas.  It looks like G4S has muscled its way passed Securitas in almost every category. Until next week.



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US Navy X-47B UCAS first land-based catapult launch by theworacle

US Navy video of the first catapult launch of the Northrop Grumman X-47B unmanned combat aircraft system demonstrator (UCAS-D) on Nov 29, during shore-based aircraft-carrier integration testing at NAS Patuxent River, Maryland. The X-47B is to take-off and land on a carrier at sea in 2013.