Next Wave International™ is a faith-based communications group which is training organizations to engage the future & move society forward in a positive direction. Founder / Director: Mal Fletcher
'Speed through the checkout with just a wave of your arm'.
So said a headline in The Times newspaper in London recently.
'It may sound like a sci-fi fantasy,' said the accompanying report, 'but shoppers may one day be able to pay their grocery bills using a microchip implanted in their body.'
The possibilities for abuse of such technologies are enormous and raise huge questions about personal identity -- not to mention political control.
In this age of Radio Frequency ID tags (RFIDs), CCTV surveillance, one-card-does-everything-credit and identity fraud, is their really any such thing as privacy any more?
Check out the TV documentary on privacy at edges.tv.
Social commentator Mal Fletcher looks at the challenges facing us in an age of big brother technologies and discusses how we might retain control of our lives.
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How true that we live in a disconnected society! Our Facebook friends are more likely to share our innermost thoughts than are our neighbours. Ann, Australia
Hi there. I watched your EDGES programme today about fear. It was very interesting and was, I thought, presented in a very intelligent way. Helena
Hi, great Recharge today... Thanks, God Bless.
James, United Kingdom