Olympics in Rio to be monitored 24/7 by military device that will see everything - Works like TiVo

01/16/2016 - 17:31

David Hambling


An unblinking sentinel will watch over the Olympic Games from high above Rio de Janiero this summer. No, not the iconic Christ the Redeemer statue, but a camera system called Simera that rides on a tethered balloon and can monitor an entire city from a single vantage point, giving an unprecedented level of security. Created by Logos Technologies, this is the first time Simera's core technology—which American military forces have used to watch Iraq and Afghanistan from above—has been exported.

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