Top 5 Reasons for Surveillance Cameras Inside Empty Bean Cans
Posted on May 9, 2007
You know what really makes me want to plunge? Surveillance cameras hidden inside empty bean cans! Regardless of how crazy the idea sounds, the Ealing Council in London plans to do just that in order to catch people who take out their “rubbish” at inappropriate times. It has also been decided that these people taking out their trash on the wrong day of the week will henceforth be called “fly-tippers”.
Rather than getting into the whole privacy debate or discussion about how terrible this idea really is, I think it best to focus on the positive aspects of the whole ordeal. Here is a list of the Top 5 Reasons for Surveillance Cameras Inside Empty Bean Cans.
Top 5 Reasons for Surveillance Cameras Inside Empty Bean Cans
- Free local phone calls. We’ve all made a phone with two tin cans and a piece of string when we were kids. Since these empty bean cans will be lying around the city anyways, they might as well be connected by string so that people can use them to make free local phone calls!
- More homes for the homeless. Face it, many squirrels are too lazy to build a nest. Thats why they often end up in your attic where they enjoy chewing on all your old priceless photo albums and antiques. With empty bean cans spread across the city, squirrels will have more housing options available to them. The cans will provide the squirrels with shelter and a place to leave their nuts where they won’t be lost or forgotten!
- Expand your wireless network or get a free cell phone. All the bean cans can be converted to antenna which can then be used to create a city-wide wireless network at virtually no cost. Click here for full instructions on how to turn your empty bean can into an antenna. If you have a 2.4GHz cordless phone, hook it up to your network of cans and use your cordless phone across the city like a cell phone!
- Better cans for future generations. When no “fly-tippers” are around, members of the surveillance team can verify with certainty whether or not the bean can truly is empty. Of course, this is a moo point, seeing as the can now contains a camera and is therefore not empty even if the team can discover that it is in fact void of beans. However, this still presents an opportunity to collect statistics regarding the number of beans generally left in a can of beans when it is discarded. This information could be useful for bean companies who can then revolutionize the can industry with more efficient cans that allow more beans to be consumed. From my experience, there are always 2 or 3 beans stuck at the bottom of the can when I am done with it.
- Enjoying the irony of the whole situation. In 2004, the Audit Commission rated Ealing as having the dirtiest streets in London. Their solution of dropping empty cans all across the city is a great step towards solving the problem…!
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