ID and drones --Feb. 21, 2006While implanted chips will not ( Ed : ? ) lead to the mass scanning of the population, another use of the same technology quite possibly will. At the end of last month, a leaked letter from Andy Burnham, the Home Office minister, revealed that the identity cards ( Ed: REAL ID ) for which we will involuntarily volunteer will contain radio frequency identification chips. This will allow the authorities to read the cards with a scanner.
I propose that as the technology improves, the police will be able to scan a crowd and (assuming everyone is carrying his voluntary-compulsory ID card) produce a list of whom it contains. I further propose that it will take only a year or two for this to seem reasonable Its purpose is the "market acceleration" of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). With the help of companies such as BAE Systems, Rolls-Royce and our new friend Qinetiq, the agency hopes to find the best way of encouraging the
"routine operation of UAV systems UK-wide". Ceredigion council's website lists various functions of the UAVs, of which the first is "law enforcement
(Ed : May God help us all )So the police won't even have to be there. Someone sitting in a control room could fly a tiny drone (some of them are just a few inches across) equipped with a receiver over the heads of a crowd and, with the help of our new identity cards, determine who's there. It sounds quite mad, just as the idea of biometric identity cards in the UK once did. All these new technologies somehow contrive to seem both wildly implausible and entirely likely.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Columnists/Column/0,,1714256,00.htmlHomeland Security and Drug Patrols
http://www.prisonplanet.com/homeland_security_studies_drone_patrols.htmlHomeland Security -
New techniques in monitoring and sensing biological, chemical or radiation threats have been discussed that are similar to the deployment of "smoke alarms" within a building. Sensors that can detect low-levels of contaminants can quickly and easily be deployed permanently or in response to a potential threat. Leveraging the Sensicast Sensor Networking Platform, the sensors can provide a safety net of detection over a large physical area - indoors or outdoors.
http://www.sensicast.com/solutions/security_apps.php#perimeterUltra Wide Band
Comment from Alan Trombetta ...
" This system tracks small battery powered ID tags over a 30,000 square foot area and reports their position to within a foot!
No kidding, one foot. ""The implications for human tracking are very interesting. A large network of receivers could cover a city the same way PCS towers give us cell phone coverage. If people are required to carry tags that use this technology, it would be very easy to correlate the data with video images to see who isn't carrying their tag when out in public and who doesn't look like the tag's owner. And of course locate anybody instantly.
Coupled with biometric-based access points (kind of like border crossings) the system would be a tyrant's dream come true. If someone were out to enslave the world, this would be a big help. " --- Alan TrombettaDrone-spys over our cities .. Honeywell Nov. 14, 2005 .. MAV ... DARPA
Hover and stare ...12 1/2 pounds ..cameras ..audio
HONEYWELL is developing a micro flying spy drone -- that would be used for civilian law enforcement! The device, a hovering robot carrying video cameras and other sensors, is being created and tested at HONEYWELL's Albuquerque, NM plant. The first round of testing on the drone [MICRO AIR VEHICLE] has been completed, reports Bob Martin of CBS affiliate KRQE. The battery powered craft can stay in the air for 50-60 minutes at a time, and moves around at up to 55 kilometers an hour
http://www.spacedaily.com/news/uav-05c.html ( picture)
network centric warfare ...Future Combat Systems
http://www.abqjournal.com/AED/268475business12-07-04.htm
http://www.drudgereport.com/flashmav.htm
http://www.freemarketnews.com/Feedback.asp?nid=1199
http://www.spyplanes.com/oav.html (photo)
http://www.primidi.com/2005/04/01.html ( facts )
http://content.honeywell.com/dses/assets/datasheets/micro_air_vehicle.pdf ( full screen photo )