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Iris Recognition technology seen as contact lenses on its inventor, John Daugman
Ballistic Missile Early Warning Station on Cape Cod, Massachusetts
The latest fashion in dating technology at play in the Remote Lounge in New York City
There are more surveillance cameras per capita in England than anywhere else in the world
The 'Secure 1000' can see through clothing for concealed weapons and contraband
At the Fendi store in New York City a customer views herself in a live surveillance camera
Captured illegal border crossers get fingerprinted and photographed in Yuma, Arizona
French police sniff for CO2 (human cargo) as they cross the border at Calais
Mobile infrared camera systems plug leaky points along the US/Mexican border in Arizona
Alma Delia Cruz Lopes, a 23-year-old Mexican, died of thirst crossing the border into the United States
A helicopter leaves Mexican immigrants under arrest and in a cloud of dust after spotting them illegally crossing the US Border
Londoners' embrace of video surveillance is augmented by an advertising campaign on the city bus system
One of six servers containing the FBI's database of 300 million finger prints
National Car Parks in Manchester, UK, has installed a state of the art video camera network to reduce crime
Convicted of growing marijuana in an Oregon home after police saw unusual hot spots on his roof with an infrared camera
Passive Millimeter Wave technology takes radiation from outer space and reflects it through every truck taking the Eurotunnel
Colonel Jon Greer (center) of US Army, running the Operations Command Center of Cheyenne Mountain
A 23 ton blast door guards the entry to the Operations Command Center of Cheyenne Mountain
Containerized cargo is examined by a mobile x-ray device at the Port of Los Angeles
Police monitor automatic Number Plate Recognition system in Central London
A customs patrol officer examining spider webs for signs that a smuggler brushed against them
A US Customs Patrol officer drives parallel to the Mexican border to look for fresh footprints
Automatic Number Plate Recognition system
All air traffic going into, out of, or over the United States is monitored
US military Predator aircraft flown by remote control during test in the Mojave Desert.

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