Crime Fighting Vending Machine
Japan adds new technology to its arsenal of crime fighting unmanned machines - the previous one we saw was the unmanned police station.
This vending machine is laced to the brim with the latest in crime fighting technology - a red light, a surveillance camera and a sleek telephone.
The video clip below shows an example of how it should be used. A woman gets her bag snatched and she chances upon the crime fighting vending machine and makes a call...
However, some folks were not pleased about the camera and vandalized the machine. They sprayed the words "surveillance society" on the machine.
Do surveillance cameras bother you? I hear that the UK has the most in the world ^^;
News via Japan Probe.
Was just thinking - maybe they need a real crime fighting vending machine instead?
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Electronical engineering student
http://twitter.com/Keii2
I think this surveillance cameras don't let the people act with freedom. Criminals must be punished, but not everybody.
Tech Support Officer - Network Security Engineer
http://burugureibi.blogspot.com/
man, i'd love to raid the machines for the surveillance parts
or at least hijack the packets if they got wireless for back-to-base monitoring
Ninja / Engineer / Sensei / 魔法少女 (What!?! I can't be, I'm a guy...)
I was thinking something like that. I mean, not something I would do myself, but something someone else could possibly do. There isn't really anything to stop someone from intercepting the camera and turning it into something else. (pantsu-cam...) ^^;
And the idea of security cameras in a vending machines just makes me not want to go to one. I just want a drink. I don't want to be recorded...@_@
Dance Trooper: DCX-001 O.D.E. (Order of the Dancing Empire)
http://dannychoo.com.my
LOL at Vending Machine Red XD
Student
http://bk201.wordpress.com/
I think vending machines should stay as vending machines.
Funny videos :D
Student
http://deathnosis.wordpress.com
surveillance cameras does not bother me at all.
student
http://zephi-san.deviantart.com/
I wouldn't approach that vending machine... don't like knowing the fact that a camera is watching your every move. I don't mind surveillance cameras, but this one seems much different. It's too invasive, and doesn't seem to add much security.
About the camera... is it supposed to be facing towards the front to observe people who use the machine or scanning its surroundings?
Since the woman did run to the machine to make a phone call, I'm assuming the vending machine camera is scanning the area. Or else it's kinda useless, becauses as soon as you go to make a call, the criminal would have already fled.
Student
http://www.desangel.blogspot.com
haha...."vending machine reddo" , surveillance cameras dun really bother me , as long as it's not used to spy on me ^.^ .
Kendo Kid / 大学生
http://makocat.deviantart.com
"Hello, Police? This machine stole my dollar. Yea...don't wory about the description it's the one I'm calling from"
Disciple of Girugamesh
Yes i think so to, by the time you get to the phone to call for help, the criminal will be long gone. I would chase the suspect and try to catch him/her. Then i would beat the crap out of him :p I'm serious, you do not steal from me... ever!
Graphic Design student | Receptionist | Otaku
http://sukidesho.blogspot.com/
I have a feeling that this system may either be abused or ineffective...
Student, Otaku, She-Geek(Sheek lol)
http://meimi132.wordpress.com/
The UK is like... camera overkill. Not just on the roads, which is alright for safety, but for everywhere else... like one giant big brother lol. I never really notice em though.
Physical Therapist
http://www.flyingpussyfoot.com
I accept cameras in crime ridden places where they can prevent/solve crimes but not in every cranny and nook.Just think about what youll lose for gaining that teeny tiny bit of "safety"
Kendo Kid / 大学生
http://makocat.deviantart.com
Sounds almost like the story for Mirror's Edge
Hikikomori in the making
http://supermariabros.deviantart.com/
Vending machine with phone? Isn't it the same as public phones, just that it sell drinks as well...
And the second video was interesting...
keroro platoon member
http://heathorn.wordpress.com
it's somewhat strange to me, but interesting indeed ^^
so big brother is watching through vending machines as well these days. ^^ in my opinion as long as it help weed out the bad elements of society or improve our lives, surveillance is fine.
heck I even have one installed in the baby's room. ^^;
Mechanical Engineering student
http://sabekujikaneda.multiply.com/
He's watching your every move O_o
Media Student
Most in the world? The UK has like, an average of 700 captures of EACH person a day. Besides, you think being watched is bad enough? Look at this: http://www.dailyexpress.co.uk/posts/view/64725 The sooner the Labour party dies the better.
Yea and as long as idiots keep buying into this "terrorism" scare, the governments of USA and England will continue to rob of us our constitutional liberties until it is too late to reverse the damage. The real terrorism at work here is the governments. Terrorism= techniques employed by governments to further political agendas and obtain social control through use of generating fear in the public.
If you really think deeply about it, terrorism can be used as an excuse to do almost anything anywhere in the world. Since terrorists aren't bound to any specific geographical region. The Americans and Britains are going to usher in a new age of imperialism. And anyone who opposses are ideals will be invaded, destroyed, and restructured to suit our whims. Welcome to the 21st century!
Media Student
Damn true. It's like that elderly man who went to one of the voting speeches. As free speech is allowed and all, he stood up at a certain comment and shouted something like 'Rubbish' or 'Bullshit'. Which, is fine. It's within rules, we're all allowed an opinion. And he got arrested for like 2 months under the terrorism act. That, is what I call ridiculous.
BioResearch Assistant
While that may be true in the spirit of things, the fact that surveillance technology has saved lives cannot be ignored. Over the past years numerous terorist attemps, mostly in European nations, have been thwarted. That much is true.
I don't support a full blown eye in the sky where every individual has their own satellite or anything remotely close to that since it's an invasion of privacy, yet I won't criticize when they're ONLY used in times to prevent loss of life.
When all is said and done, the government should at least know when to take a step back. Paranoia will cause problems in the future.
Media Student
I agree. It's not that I don't think surveillence is a good idea. It just needs limits, the terrorism act is the biggest exploitation in existance. Look at iceland, the whole country was deemed a terrorist nation. I mean... comeon.
Student
http://anime.scripts.mit.edu/miteiru/
That is spiffy. :3 Ah Japan vending machines are amazing!
Mad scientist
I don't mind cameras. It's not like anybody will bother to look through the recordings to see if you forgot to zip your pants or anything like that.
The consequences for not having cameras far outranks the problems we get for having them. I read some statistics on crimes in the UK. The number of crimes solved by viewing camera recordings that wouldn't have been solvable without recordings was really high. Also those statistics didn't say anything about how many people who didn't commit a crime because they knew they would be recorded.
The result for not having cameras here is that the crime level on the streets is so high that people (including me) avoid walking on the streets after nightfall. It's an open question how many are behind it since without recordings it's really hard to get evidence that will do in court. Lack of cameras is for the benefit of criminals only.
Programmer Trainee
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Haha I don't see the practicality of it.
I found it funny everyone saw the guy steal her bag but just watched her run to the vending machine. XD
university film student | ecchikid | the Archivist
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I think it was a demonstration. :P
The Sword of Magus
http://daichouginga.blogspot.com/
I pity the person who's cleaning the spray paint.
student
I pity the fool who graffiti.
An Arctic Fox
http://ghostlysubstance.swgbex.com/
Hmm, I seen heck of a lot more graffiti where I traveled to and pity both >.>
Student
http://kankeishorui.wordpress.com
If that device is in my region, that vending machine will be stolen. :)
Student
A vending machine red to every city:)
part time illustrationist, doll clothing seamstress
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I wonder if the machine caught the guys who graffiti lol
MG Impulse no Tamashi
needs automated stun-guns and pepper spray for the punks who like to rock the machines.
student
http://rinrinne.wordpress.com/
they should charge people who actually uses those machines for police calls. at least they could enjoy a nice Coca-Cola while they are calling, :D
Producer
I dislike surveillance cameras, but I am comforted by the fact that it is impossible for the authorities to keep track of all the tapes.
For example, I am on camera about 6 times a day going to the lavatory at the office, another 24 times or so going in and out of the building, and about 70 times going into or out of the tube stations. (This is central London.)
College Student
I'm from UK, and there are sooo many cameras litterally everywhere. Speed Cameras cover the roads and their are surveillance cameras everywhere, cctv is just anywhere you look in any building. I say there are probably the most in london. The average citizen in the UK is filmed 300 times a day on cctv! Anyone else think thats crazy?
BioResearch Assistant
Speed, as well as red light cameras, are different in that they only capture images of individuals committing the moving violation when it occurs so it's not always on recording everything that happens. Those cameras I fully support since they make the roads much safer.
There's a stretch of road close by that is in front of an elementary school. Before a speed camera was installed there was at least one to two crashes every month due to speeding. Now it's virtually zero.
Network Technician
http://www.myyaruki.com
They could make it better so the Japanese can be crime fighters too what they do is apprehend the criminal and stick him inside the vending machine sort of like a mini jail until the police arrive to arrest them, just hope nobody forgets about the guy stuck in the machine : /
Dropping computers, starting all over again at Journalism
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Ohoho, I read about this, but there were no videos.
My opinnion is like this: The alarm system and camera are welcome, as long as the camera is pointed straight down (to limit it's vision only for what it was made for: To prevent vandalism), and it should be built into the vending machine... not something stupidly attached on top of it.
Dunno how people didn't saw that coming.
Student
for me camera don't bother me at all...i really have nothing to hide..even if they could see me in washroom if i don't know i don't care
Software Quality Engineer
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I used to resent being recorded all the time, but I have grown accustomed to it; now I don't mind. It started getting to me when I lived in London for the reasons that other folks already stated above. When I returned back to my home in Chicago nearly 2 years later, I found that there were MANY many new surveillance systems set up here, as well. I have watched a lot of crime documentaries and there are loads of criminals who were captured and prosecuted because of video surveillance-- criminals who would have escaped if they had not been recorded. Since I don't go around breaking the law, the cameras don't really bother me.
College Student
I wonder if these innane improvements are meant to give Japanese high tech companies some marginal increase in business to help with their economy. Are they still in a recession? Maybe they should put a person inside each vending machine instead to help with unemployment.
Naye Sayer
http://www.sirbranson.com/
Is it a Police Station and a vending machine...
Or a Vending Machine and a Police Station...
It does make a lot of difference!
BioResearch Assistant
While the sleek new crime fighting tech is certainly intimidating...the camera, light, and phone put together cannot beat the all-mighty ski-mask.
Japan has one of the lowest crime rates across the world so they don't have to invest much into actual enforcement. Then again JASDF is eyeing the US's F22 despite it not being on sale currently. That might chase away potential bag snatchers if they happen to acquire some for their aging wings.
Aerospace Undergraduate
The crime fighting machine aside, for a brief moment, i thought Japan has humongous vending machines. Then i realised that's just 2 chidren shown in the picture -.-
Student
Its even worse in Beijing with its surveillance that was installed for the Olympics
Geek Liaison
http://www.thegeekreview.com
My boss went back to visit his family in the UK and was saying the camera overkill has led to an increase in kids running around in hooded jackets so the cameras can't see their faces which in turn led to the police to ban hooded jackets and hats in stores.
Student
it's gonna be hard for pedobear to rape quietly.
Grocery Store Clerk
We need all the help we can get.
???Confused???
Surveillance in and outside of stores are one thing, but vending machines seems like over kill...although there are times when they become crucial evidence of things like hit and runs here...
Studio Bleach founder/owner
http://myspace.com/studiobleach
I actually like this. There were actual moments and areas that would benefit from something like this. And regardless of being overkill and whatnot, but it is better to have too much protection than to have none at all.
And also... Check out episode 5 of the Coca-Cola robot bit. Zero makes an appearance. :3
Dirty Gentleman
http://cantstanzya.wordpress.com/
"Police! Your damn vending machine stole my momey."
sorry, please insert a dollar to continue your call. ^^;
Mechanical Engineering student
http://sabekujikaneda.multiply.com/
My country would really need this... the vending machine I mean, not the surveillance equipment on it. I rather buy an overpriced drink from those than to buy a cheap one from people who walk out in the streets all day selling it to cars. Who knows where they got those drinks O_o
But my country also needs surveillance equipment. With the kind of crime rate my country has, it needs all the help it can get x_x
future president(hopefully)
hahaha... here in Indonesia the police doesn't need to deal with badguys but the people in every house will gather and beat the guy down to he's knees well it's easier to be a police here because the people easily helps (not literally)
currently a NEET ToT
http://aaronsblog-godpir.blogspot.com/
Wow, that's what they need around here in the states. In case someone gets mugged. I watched the crime fighter video, that was freakin hilarious, he shot missle cans out of the dispensor...LOL!
http://z11.invisionfree.com/Otaku_Kakumei/
Being quite honest I think it's a good idea, many people get mugged and no one sees it in this world. At least with these camera's victims get at least a better fighting chance.
People being watched while in a hospital they're okay with it but for some reason on the street they don't like it which pretty much amazes me. Unless you're doing something you know you shouldn't then theres nothing to worry about because the video footage would be checked and deleted if there's nothing wrong.
student
i guess ppl should now watch what they do by vending machines like try not to renact some hentai where they have random sex in the park -_-
Student
http://kariavalon.deviantart.com
Interesting... though I'd probably be annoyed because the camera surveillance may pick up on other things beyond crime and stuff.. eh. o__O;;;
i had very good friend die in a car crash about 4 years ago and now there is a speed camera in the place he crashed. my town centre now you cant go anywhere without being seen on cctv. it feels a lot saver now.its only a bad thing if your upto no good
Student
http://muketsu.wordpress.com
a little bit more and you'll find cameras in your own house.
just in case, you know. for firemen to be in time. or to catch a burglar.
watch for Big Brother.
For 8 weeks im a NEET
as i live in the uk i don't really notice the cameras. but we soooo neeed vending machine red.
System Integrator, IT/ITC Expert
http://www.digitalanime.com.br
I would just put the thing in orbit with couple TNT. Nope, I'm not kidding.
anime + games collector
okay that is friggin weird.