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Darwin's 'smart city' project is about surveillance and control

  • Written by Jathan Sadowski, Research Fellow in the Emerging Technologies Research Lab, Monash University
Darwin's 'smart city' project is about surveillance and controlBidgee/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY

Darwin City Council installed a network of hundreds of new devices across the centre of the city last year. This web of “smart” lights, environmental sensors and video cameras is designed to give the council more power to monitor and manage urban places – and the people who occupy them.

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