All the high-end Nokias have Python, with native support for the devices in them - namely accelerometer/gyros and lately, *really* sensitive magnetometers. These are used for GPS and compass by the OS, but Nokia have also opened up a path for people to use them for anything they like with a few simple commands. I've been using mine to detect signals in cables, and apps to turn a Nokia into a Plumbline or a level are commonplace as well.
They gave us position-sensing, we came up with the Lightsabre app. Give us more sensitive and capable hardware, and we just get sneaky...
Video cameras are fun, and pretty harmless if used responsibly. But we also have cameras built into pens and the frames of glasses, and its pretty hard to find a responsible use for those in my opinion.
I find it interesting that, as we are descending (allegedly) into an amoral mess and devoid of personal conscience, we are also gaining a digital conscience:
Its getting to the stage where you cant be sure someone isnt right over your shoulder, and behave (somewhat paranoically perhaps) as if someone were... Unless you are one of those lunatics who carelessly post every minutiae possible onto Facebook in any case.
What a world we live in!
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