CNN 2010-12-17

Dodging¹ fate and a date with the slaughterhouse. From San Antonio, a reluctant bull tops our look "Across Country" this morning.

Check out the showdown. Late last week near a local meat packing company, which is probably the big reason why the bull would not go quietly. It took them more than an hour to corral the big fella.

To West Lafayette, Indiana now, lots of people could use this today. A robotic snow blower. Snow-bot is the brain child of a few Purdue University students. Prototype cost about $6,000 to build and still has a few kinks to work out like snow-clogged wheels.

Last stop, Simi Valley, California, where a new stamp of the nation's 40th president was unveiled by the U.S. Postal² Service yesterday appropriately enough at the Reagan, Ronald Reagan Library with his widow former First Lady Nancy attending. The stamp goes on sale in February.

Well. Now to the end of privacy. Our series about all the ways that personal details turn up in the public domain³. Today's topic, cameras. You're under watch more often than you know but you probably didn't know that.

CNN's Josh Levs shows us the way to shut down those prying⁴ eyes. I thought there wasn't a way to do that, Josh.

Well, I'm going to surprise you. Look. We all hear stories about hidden cameras that can be disguised as all sorts of things, but what few people realize is that you can actually hold a device in your hand that will show you if there is one of them near you. I visited a spy shop. Check it out.

They look like everyday objects. A lamp, a clock radio, an iPod docking station. But when you look closer, they have hidden cameras inside. Tiny, unnoticeable.

The camera lens is right here, and it's usually pointing up.

And I have no idea that there's a camera there. There's nothing about this that suggests anything is videoing me.

They can provide an extra layer of security.

The ones that tell me what they're doing with their cameras are going to be the people wanting to either keep an eye on their sitter, their nanny.

And we've all seen how hidden cameras can help the good guys in movies like "Mission Impossible."

There's a camera built right into the bridge. Whatever you see, it sees, and then it transmits it back here.

But some end up with there shouldn't be.

I recently heard one, that the guy had a pin camera that he got that's, I guess it was motion-activated, and he set it up in a gym bag and took it in, I think maybe the YMCA or something.

They're relatively⁵ affordable⁶. These cost a few hundred bucks⁷, and technology is making smaller and more sophisticated ones all the time. Some even broadcast their video wirelessly⁹ over the internet.

So, how can you tell if there's a hidden camera where you are? Technology can help with that, too.

This is actually a low-cost camera finder.

Private investigator¹⁰ Brian Curry¹¹ runs a spy shop near Atlanta. He sells the cameras, but he also helps people watch out for them.

I’m seeing a big, bright red blinking dot right there. And it's telling me there's a camera on me.

Some more sophisticated detectors¹² can even seek out wireless⁸ camera signals.

You can see it's actually scanning the frequencies in the …

So, what we're seeing here, it's picking up all these, lots of different cameras in here?

Well, yes, pulling up, that's gonna be the flower pot camera that we had on.

It's technology versus¹³ technology, potentially giving people the tools to invade your privacy, but also giving you a chance to catch them.

It is pretty amazing. You hold one of those things in your hand. There's different ways it can work. It can beep if there's a camera near you, it can vibrate if there's a camera near you, and then you can just look through it and see. And also, the more sophisticated ones can actually show you a screen of exactly what those hidden cameras are picking up.

I've got a lot more information for you about them posted at my pages at Facebook and Twitter, and we're having a conversation about it - I'm @JoshLevsCNN - about your concerns about the End of Privacy, what you want to know.

So Kyra, I'll tell you, while technology is taking away privacy in far too many ways, it is also giving people ways to empower themselves and try to get some of that privacy back.

Got it. All right. Josh, thanks so much.

You got it.

Well, there are people who influence your life every day, family, your friends, maybe that chatty co-worker. But some people have an affect globally. "Time" Magazine names these global influencers as Person of the Year. You may remember Ghandi in 1930. Martin Luther King in 1963. Queen Elizabeth II, 1952. But not all Persons of the Year were heroes. Joseph Stalin was on "Time's" cover in 1942. And in 1938, Person of the Year was Adolph Hitler.

Now, tomorrow, "Time" picks someone for 2010, but their readers have already spoken. They are just polled prior to the picture and name that we'll see on "Time's" cover as Person of the Year. So, what does the online poll say? The readers' pick is Julian Assange, the WikiLeaks provocateur, who this morning, is appearing in a British courtroom after being charged with rape¹⁴. So, who do you think "Time" should pick as person of the year? Head to our blog, cnn.com/kyra, and tell us what you think.

1 dodging   

n.避开，闪过，音调改变v.闪躲( dodge的现在分词 )；回避

参考例句：

• He ran across the road, dodging the traffic. 他躲开来往的车辆跑过马路。
• I crossed the highway, dodging the traffic. 我避开车流穿过了公路。 来自辞典例句

2 postal   

adj.邮政的，邮局的

参考例句：

• A postal network now covers the whole country.邮路遍及全国。
• Remember to use postal code.勿忘使用邮政编码。

3 domain   

n.(活动等)领域，范围；领地，势力范围

参考例句：

• This information should be in the public domain.这一消息应该为公众所知。
• This question comes into the domain of philosophy.这一问题属于哲学范畴。

4 prying   

adj.爱打听的v.打听，刺探（他人的私事）( pry的现在分词 )；撬开

参考例句：

• I'm sick of you prying into my personal life! 我讨厌你刺探我的私生活！
• She is always prying into other people's affairs. 她总是打听别人的私事。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 relatively   

adv.比较...地，相对地

参考例句：

• The rabbit is a relatively recent introduction in Australia.兔子是相对较新引入澳大利亚的物种。
• The operation was relatively painless.手术相对来说不痛。

6 affordable   

adj.支付得起的，不太昂贵的

参考例句：

• The rent for the four-roomed house is affordable.四居室房屋的房租付得起。
• There are few affordable apartments in big cities.在大城市中没有几所公寓是便宜的。

7 bucks   

n.雄鹿( buck的名词复数 )；钱；（英国十九世纪初的）花花公子；（用于某些表达方式）责任v.（马等）猛然弓背跃起( buck的第三人称单数 )；抵制；猛然震荡；马等尥起后蹄跳跃

参考例句：

• They cost ten bucks. 这些值十元钱。
• They are hunting for bucks. 他们正在猎雄兔。 来自《简明英汉词典》

8 wireless   

adj.无线的；n.无线电

参考例句：

• There are a lot of wireless links in a radio.收音机里有许多无线电线路。
• Wireless messages tell us that the ship was sinking.无线电报告知我们那艘船正在下沉。

9 wirelessly   

不用电线的，用无线电波传送的

参考例句：

• I heard it on the wireless. 我是从无线电收音机里听到的。
• There are a lot of wireless links in a radio. 收音机里有许多无线电线路。

10 investigator   

n.研究者，调查者，审查者

参考例句：

• He was a special investigator for the FBI.他是联邦调查局的特别调查员。
• The investigator was able to deduce the crime and find the criminal.调查者能够推出犯罪过程并锁定罪犯。

11 curry   

n.咖哩粉，咖哩饭菜；v.用咖哩粉调味，用马栉梳，制革

参考例句：

• Rice makes an excellent complement to a curry dish.有咖喱的菜配米饭最棒。
• Add a teaspoonful of curry powder.加一茶匙咖喱粉。

12 detectors   

探测器( detector的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The report advocated that all buildings be fitted with smoke detectors. 报告主张所有的建筑物都应安装烟火探测器。
• This is heady wine for experimenters using these neutrino detectors. 对于使用中微子探测器的实验工作者，这是令人兴奋的美酒。 来自英汉非文学 - 科技

13 versus   

prep.以…为对手，对；与…相比之下

参考例句：

• The big match tonight is England versus Spain.今晚的大赛是英格兰对西班牙。
• The most exciting game was Harvard versus Yale.最富紧张刺激的球赛是哈佛队对耶鲁队。

14 rape   

n.抢夺，掠夺，强奸；vt.掠夺，抢夺，强奸

参考例句：

• The rape of the countryside had a profound ravage on them.对乡村的掠夺给他们造成严重创伤。
• He was brought to court and charged with rape.他被带到法庭并被指控犯有强奸罪。