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Business Week special on how retail is going to great strength exploiting all sorts of state-of-the-art technology in a fierce competition to gain customers and increase sales

In a world where political power is giving way for capitalistic interests the commercial aspects of surveillance technology is probably the most concerning. Not because commercial interests are a threat to us, but because our every move can be potentially capitalized on. The Business Week survey gives a good insight into present techniques such as data mining, tracking, buying history and aimed advertising. It’s facinating – and frightening: http://www.businessweek.com/technology/tc_special/tc_05retailing.htm

Yet another example of how survellance technologies can be put into fun use

Hasbro, the company behind popular board games such as Trivial Pursuit and Monopoly, has made a real life concept of Monopoly, presumably in an effort to promote the classic game. Via GPS the players control one of 18 taxies around the city, buy property and place apartments – just like the board version. Even thought he technology (and the concept) is rather crude, Monopoly live is a fairly clear example of new ways of using existing surveillance technologies awaiting: http://www.monopolylive.com/