[LINK] Electronic Guantanamo Bay Cell in Canberra

[Tom Worthington]

Amnesty International Australia have constructed 
a full-scale replica of a Guantánamo Bay cell, as 
part of a campaign to have the detention center 
shut down. This is a good example of a creative 
use of a deployable computer system 
<http://www.tomw.net.au/technology/it/ecell/>.

The cell is a transportable wooden box the size 
of a standard shipping container, which resembles 
a containerized housing module. The unit includes 
a broadband wireless computer system for 
information displays and workstations for 
collecting signatures for an electronic petition. 
The unit also transmits video and audio to be 
used on the web site as part of the campaign. All 
the electronic equipment packs into the "cell" for transport on a truck.

The Amnesty International staff were having some 
difficulty with the computer equipment when it 
was deployed at the ANU on 2 May 2007. So I have 
made some suggestions to help improve the display.

The campaign is interesting as it incorporates 
both an online element, as used for the "One 
Voice" campaign in 1999 in support of the release 
of Care Australia workers imprisoned in Yugoslavia, plus a physical display.



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