Cab Roulette is a recurring series in which comedian Dan Speiser interviews cab drivers about their experiences on the job. This is Saquib, a Pakistani father who hates military drones and loves playing Command and Conquer with his son. Episode 1: Abdulai Episode 2: Tony Episode 3: Adama Episode 4: Santos Episode 5: Sam Episode 6: Chowdhry Episode 7: Adams Episode 8: Induhussein Episode […]
Domestic Drone Countermeasures is an Oregon-based that’s selling “countermeasures and systems” to disable domestic drones. A noble idea. Here’s where the product gets as sketchy as the domestic drones themselves: No one will say how these anti-drone systems actually work. This is how Timothy Faucett, a lead engineer for DDC, explained the countermeasures in an […]
Next week, we’re throwing an event to help keep Essam out of jail! Remember Essam? He’s the artist who got the NYPD all worked up when he started posting signs critical of drones all around New York City. ANIMAL presents Free ESSAM! There will be live music and an open bar. Hosted by rock photographer […]
What will happen when I die? Will I fly across the sun? Happen upon a dry valley and then curve in, getting closer and closer, like a suicide bomber, before I finally meet my target? …What does love feel like? These are just some of the questions that weigh down on the conscious of the […]
Neal Kurk, a Republican member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives, is sponsoring legislation HB 619-FN to make aerial photography illegal in his state for everyone but the government. A person is guilty of a class A misdemeanor if such person knowingly creates or assists in creating an image of the exterior of any […]
Submergence, a transfixing immersive installation of wired-up LEDs is the latest iteration of Ocean of Light, an ongoing project expanding digital visual media into the third dimension by the decade-old art and research collective Squidsoap. The work, sometimes referred to as a low-res “volumetric visualization” was on view in Norway earlier this month and reminds […]
Here is ANIMAL’s original supercut of over 30 references to “Brooklyn” in song and rap lyrics. Ta-da! Beastie Boys – “No Sleep ’til Brooklyn” Jay-Z – “Empire State of Mind” Wolfe Tones – “Streets of Brooklyn” 3rd Bass – “Brooklyn Queens” Barry Manilow – “Brooklyn Blues” Jay-Z – “Brooklyn Go Hard” Charles Hamilton – “Brooklyn […]
That illustration above is law student Asher J. Kohn’s concept of what a fully operational drone-proof city might look like. Rather than building barriers to keep people out and deter weapon strikes like traditional defenses, Kohn’s concept–called Shura City–includes several technologies that obscure people and their movements in order to make them untraceable by UAVs. […]
The British Army has begun using some unbelievably small drones on the front lines in Afghanistan. At just four by two inches, the Black Hornet Nano Unmanned Aerial Vehicle is small enough to fit in the palm of a child’s hand. It’s equipped with what must be an infinitesimally small camera, which soldiers use to […]
So you’re out shopping for clothes and you notice that one of the store’s facial recognition-equipped mannequins appears to be spying on you. The Stealth Wear hoodie you just bought will protect you against drones, but is powerless against these bots. What do you do? You pick up a pair of Japanese professor Isao Echizen’s “Privacy […]
