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Nicolas Baldran

INERTIA is a design fiction project that immerses us 30 years from now, envisioning an over-surveilled society. As a designer, I am concerned about the social, cultural, and ethical consequences of living in an increasingly surveilled world. In response to this plausible oppressive context, I propose a wearable that will function as an apparel enhancement for our shoulders to protect us from surveillance technologies and especially flying devices. This device aims to extend our bodies as antennas by jamming GPS signals. Using their own radio waves technology will allow anyone with divergent opinions on the surveillance circumstances to reclaim their privacy by hiding themselves from the virtual map. 
This project attempts to project 30 years from now how governance organizations will abuse CCTV cameras and drones for high-spread surveillance. To create this scenario, I based my research on how surveillance technologies are already used today at different scales: national level, city-wide and personal spheres. For example, numerous drones are surveilling Swiss borders at any given moment. At the same time, the city of Geneva has put in place around 8000 CCTV cameras to surveil our neighbourhoods, which means there is potentially one camera every 2m2. And of course, we can also be tracked through our smartphones at any time. 
With this project, I am hoping to spark a debate around the misuse of surveillance technologies and bring awareness to current practices, showing people that they can have the agency to hide from electronic waves and GPS tracking in the future. Since using jamming devices is considered illegal, I've decided to introduce my project as an open-source kit that will allow people to purchase the components separately and build their wearable.

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