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Symposia & Conferences

Inventing the Surveillance Society: Panel 2 and Roundtable Discussion

We are being watched. How did our surveillance society emerge, and what is the effect of ubiquitous surveillance on our everyday lives?

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Symposia & Conferences

Inventing the Surveillance Society: Fact and Fiction

We are being watched. How did our surveillance society emerge, and what is the effect of ubiquitous surveillance on our everyday lives?

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Symposia & Conferences

Inventing the Surveillance Society: Keynote and Panel 1

We are being watched. How did our surveillance society emerge, and what is the effect of ubiquitous surveillance on our everyday lives?

Competing systems on stage at the DARPA Cyber Grand Challenge, 2016
Blog

AI and the Challenge of Cybersecurity

Not all innovations seek to benefit society . . .

Symposia & Conferences

New Perspectives Symposium: Inventing the Surveillance Society

In October 2013, the Lemelson Center hosted this symposium that brought together scholars, inventors, policymakers, members of the media, and the public to explore the role of invention in a world where our actions (and transactions) are constantly monitored.

Invention Stories

Can We Control Surveillance Tech?

With mounting concerns for national security, surveillance technologies are not going away. But is it too late to bring them back under at least some semblance of democratic control?

WWII propaganda poster.
Invention Stories

Keep It Secret. Keep US Safe.

Espionage and sabotage were serious concerns for U.S. citizens during WWII. Poster campaigns promoted maintaining secrecy.

Adam Harvey
Beyond Words

Podcast: Adam Harvey Counters Surveillance with Fashion

Artist-designer-inventor Adam Harvey explores the aesthetics of privacy.

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Symposia & Conferences

Inventing the Surveillance Society

Our annual symposium will discuss our surveillance society—but in a different way than what you typically see on the 24-hour news cycle.

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