Emergent Futures Tumblelog

This is the Tumblelog of Paul Higgins and Sandy Teagle - Futurists from Melbourne and Brisbane in Australia. Go to Emergent Futures to see more or follow on Twitter at FuturistPaul . If you right click on the pictures, titles or links in these posts you will be able to go to the original story on the web. If you click on comments for each post you can either read what others have said or add your own comment via Disqus. If you click on the date of a post it will take you to a single post view where you can copy the web link if you want to send it to someone else. If you click on the tags it will take you to other stories from Emergent Futures with the same tag.

January 19th 2011

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Thieves Raid Traffic Lights for SIM Cards to Make Free Calls

It turns out that some Johannesburg traffic lights use SIM cards and GPRS to alert authorities to malfunctioning lights—but those SIM cards can also be harvested and used in generic phones to make unlimited, anonymous, free calls.

via @mmartoccia

Posted at 8:05am and tagged with: technology, networks, connected,.

Thieves Raid Traffic Lights for SIM Cards to Make Free Calls It turns out that some Johannesburg traffic lights use SIM cards and GPRS to alert authorities to malfunctioning lights—but those SIM cards can also be harvested and used in generic phones to make unlimited, anonymous, free calls. via @mmartoccia

October 16th 2010

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The Wearable Video Cam

Paul Higgins: Part of what has been termed the panopticon - that we will record every minute of our lives

Posted at 2:54pm and tagged with: panopticon, connected, video,.

The Wearable Video Cam Paul Higgins: Part of what has been termed the panopticon - that we will record every minute of our lives

October 7th 2010

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Students to get emails from washing machines

High-tech washing machines which contact users by EMAIL when the cycle is complete have been installed at a string of British universities

Posted at 5:03pm and tagged with: connected, networked,.

Students to get emails from washing machines High-tech washing machines which contact users by EMAIL when the cycle is complete have been installed at a string of British universities

May 20th 2010

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Is Your Car Safe From Hackers?


Interconnected computer systems provide openings for attackers.

Posted at 11:22pm and tagged with: connected, computers, security, cars,.

Is Your Car Safe From Hackers? Interconnected computer systems provide openings for attackers.