Total Surveillance Nightmare: Intelligent Sensors No Larger 
Than a Grain of Sand  

Eye Spy

Rob Edwards

Flying mini-surveillance computers the size of a grain of sand. Science 
fiction? No - the US military's latest project. Rob Edwards opens the 
doors on the era of "total surveillance".  

'To see a world in a grain of sand", was how William Blake expressed 
his wonder at nature 200 years ago. Now, thanks to some American 
hi-tech military research, the poet's image may be turned into 
something infinitely more sinister.  

Funded by the Pentagon, scientists of the University of California 
at Berkeley are developing an intelligent surveillance sensor no 
larger than a grain of sand. Designed to spy on enemies of the US, 
it is called "smart dust", and could be with us in less than a few 
months.  

The idea is that small, remote-controlled planes will sprinkle 
clouds of smart dust behind enemy lines. The dust, each particle 
packed with state-of-the-art miniaturised electronics, will then 
use laser technology to relay vital information about troop and 
tank movements back to commanders in the field.  

The worry is that smart dust could also be used for more nefarious 
activities. It could be used to spy on citizens, to pry into people's 
personal lives and to control "troublesome" protesters. It could 
make the state and large corporations, who already monitor most of 
our  movements on CCTV, a much more powerful Big Brother.

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