cameras at Super Bowl

[Rob Schaap]

Betcha there's a real market opportunity in this panopticon-technopoly
scenario - My crystal ball divulges a mass of Groucho Marxes festooning the
terraces at next year's Bowl.  Sure, postmodern ironic play dressed up as
resistance, but at least the surname adds a dimension, eh?

Cheers,
Rob.


>> CAMERAS AT SUPER BOWL SCANNED FACES LOOKING FOR CRIMINALS
>>
>> http://www.sptimes.com/News/013101/TampaBay/Cameras_scanned_fans_.shtml
>>
>> January 31, 2001
>> By ROBERT TRIGAUX
>>
>> TAMPA -- Were you one of the 100,000 fans and workers to pass through the
>> stadium turnstiles at Sunday's Super Bowl? Did you smile for the camera?
>>
>> Each and every face that entered Raymond James Stadium for the big
>> game was captured by a video camera connected to a law enforcement
>> control room inside the stadium.
>>
>> In milliseconds, each facial image was digitized and checked
>> electronically against the computer files of known criminals,
>> terrorists and con artists of the Tampa Police Department, the FBI and
>> other state and local law enforcement agencies.
>>
>> Sunday's Super Bowl was the first major sporting event to adopt the
>> face-matching surveillance system. But the designers of the system
>> expect other security-sensitive sporting events, ranging from the
>> upcoming 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City to the
>> hooligan-plagued soccer leagues in parts of Europe, to express great
>> interest.