Big Brother is watching us all

The US and UK governments are developing increasingly sophisticated gadgets to keep individuals under their surveillance. Have a read of this BBC article on new technologies such as gait DNA, tracking people in crowds and devices that can sense-through-walls.

I think strict policies should be adhered to regarding acceptable use of these devices.

There is one good gadget mentioned though - the language translator:

"Unless we're going to train every American citizen and soldier in 16 different languages we have to develop a technology that allows them to understand - whatever country they are in - what's going on around them. I hope in the future we'll be able to have conversations, if say you're speaking in French and I'm speaking in English, and it will be natural."

Now that's money well spent.