Surveillance State Wenlock

May 18th, 2012

Via: Forbes:

London decided to make its surveillance yen a dominant feature of its otherwise goofy mascots. “Wenlock” and “Mandeville” both have a huge single eye made out of a camera lens so that they can “record everything.” Image at right is from the official London Olympics website.

In case that’s too subtle for you, the Olympic organizers have offered a dress-up version of Wenlock in a policeman outfit.

It is not in fact a joke; Surveillance State Wenlock also shows up on the official shopping page for the London 2012 Olympics.

Research Credit: Timbooch

2 Responses to “Surveillance State Wenlock”

  1. prov6yahoo says:

    We need a human mounted 360 degree, 24/7 camera on everyone.

  2. tito says:

    re: prov6yahoo:

    There’s an app for that.

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