Posted on March 28, 2008 by safeliving
Robert Ransick (Media Artist and Professor of Digital Arts, Bennington College)
Casa Segura / Safe House
Robert’s project highlights various issues dealing with immigration, border control, those who cross the US/Mexico border and those who live near the border. His work can be seen on his casasegura blog and is currently [...]
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Posted on March 26, 2008 by safeliving
Andrew Clement (Professor of Information Studies, University 0f Toronto)
Borderline Security Theatre: Performing asymmetric risk with no-fly lists and biometric identification.
>Download Andre’s presentation: andrew-clement.ppt
Andrew is Computer Scientist originally, reformed one and now more interested in relationship between computer system, digital infrastructure, social organisation and issues that are implicated by these systems. Focusing on privacy, surveillance, the [...]
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Posted on March 19, 2008 by safeliving
TeleSpy Phone
Do You Know Where Your Children Are? - GPS Uniforms
SensorFreshQ electronic meat smeller
Hello Kitty privacy screen for your cell phone
Design and the Elastic Mind - “Rewiring the Spy” illustrations/applet for New York Times Magazine December 3, 2006
BBC NEWS | UK | Phonecalls and texts to be logged
BBC NEWS | Technology | Do you know [...]
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Posted on March 18, 2008 by safeliving
Horizon - How much is your dead body worth
BBC2 Tuesday 18th March (today)
“A modern medical revolution has fuelled a market for body parts which has seen a cadaver sell for as much as $250,000. Horizon investigates the booming industry that supplies human bodies. It has spawned a grisly black market trade in stolen body parts [...]
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Posted on March 13, 2008 by safeliving
photos:Will Pollard
The Irdell Lecture is run by the Department of history and law at Lancaster University and is 15 year old lecture series for interdisciplinary scholars of history, society and law. As part of the fifth Designing Safe Living workshop dealing with Presentation, Documentation and Mediation, Jose Zalaquett was invited to speak with the [...]
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Posted on March 13, 2008 by safeliving
Two exhibitors from the Design and the Elastic Mind exhibition, Michiko Nitta and Susanna Soares, will be presenting some of their work at the next Safe Living workshop at the Institute for Advanced Studies, Lancaster University. This month’s theme “Presentation, Documentation and Mediation” is being organised by Cindy Weber and will include a variety [...]
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Posted on March 10, 2008 by safeliving
Invisible People offers a range of short radio interviews with those who work at the HQs of various megasystems we rely upon in our society, from Telecare social services to Group4Securicor, the National grid and the London Bus Centrecomm, the emergency command and control centre for the London Bus company. Joe Kerr, RCA lecturer [...]
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Posted on March 10, 2008 by safeliving
For a little light entertainment and mockery check out this little skit about the TSA (the Transportation Security Administration aka airport baggage security in the US) via Bruce Schneier, the security tzar!
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Posted on March 10, 2008 by safeliving
If anyone happens to be dropping in to New York over the next couple of months be sure to pop in to MOMA and check out the new exhibition: Design and the Elastic Mind. It has been curated by Paola Antonelli,, who previously put together the Safe exhibition in 2006, and has much inspired this [...]
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Posted on March 5, 2008 by safeliving
Bruce Schneier is an internationally renowned security technologist and author. Described by The Economist as a “security guru,” Schneier is best known as a refreshingly candid and lucid security critic and commentator. When people want to know how security really works, they turn to Schneier. Recent posts from his blog include these security toys! Thank [...]
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