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Architecture of Israel #

117

May

2019

Hackers & Suckers

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Network champions like Amazon and

google have already established huge

delivery warehouses in Israel while

Australia and China allow free delivery

by quadcopters in their territory, which is

likely to reduce the number of scooters

jumping ahead of every second traffic

light just before the light turns green.

Hovering cameras alert and monitor

everything, penetrating the most

concealed places in order to spy,

document and convey information in

real time, bomb, eliminate, and manage

complex systems, until recently viewed

as unattainable. In this reality, traditionally

responsible for spatial order, architecture

requires re-thinking.

Imagine a different world writes Shlomo

Artzi, well, we’re already there, but not

necessarily in better condition, for most

inventions are motivated by marketing

interests, which require counter inventions

- like virus and anti-virus, hacking and

defense, encryption and decoding. But

places like Australia and particularly

China, until recently synonymous with

cheap and bio-degradable products, have

grasped the principle and are applying it

without waiting for any approvedAmerican

standard.

Post officesall over theworldarecollapsing

under the secret missions of the (Abu) ali-

express; millions of people are wasting

about a quarter of their time in traffic jams;

road accidents are now trivialities, billions

of tons of fuel are senselessly burned

up, and global warming will shortly reach

the point of no return - it's about time to

recalculate the route.

Although quadcopters facilitate exciting

selfies from an aerial view, hover over

previously unreachable landscapes,

something to be afraid of

hackers and suckers

in 3D reality

During theearlynineties', anewconcept was introduced toour fickle wish list - Teleportation,

meaning a sudden disappearance from one place in order to re-appear somewhere else.

But the ability to transfer ourselves from one place to another by pressing SEND is still in

the distant future. Well… on second thoughts… maybe not that far. Quadcopters, robots

and bots bring this possibility closer in leaps and bounds.

enabling a better understanding of the

nature of things, the exploring of theoretical

assumptions for developing new theories,

and it won’t take long for quadcopters to

replace mosquitoes and flies (on the wall)

in private rooms, managing both chaotic

systems and voyeurism, eliminating what

is left of privacy.

For this purpose, airports are being

established for more efficient and better

control of random assignments. In this

area, too, the Chinese are pioneers,

managing to erect a building in the same

time it takes us to design one, and the

cities there (in contrast to here) are

scrupulously run, taking on additional

dimensions, almost like Archigram's

3D City in Peter Cook’s vision from the

1960's.

Important developments in this field adopt

the knowledge learned from military

drones, primarily by air force veterans

(at least three Brigadier Generals) who

have already established commercial

companies, managing to persuade the

Ashdod Municipality to pioneer the field

of drones in Israel, convincing them

that within a few years, most public

commercial services will be implemented

by quadcopters.

The main problem with a quadcopter

is its limited flight range, distance from

the operator and, in terms of safety – its

complete dependence on the propellers,

and weather conditions. A most tangible

example was recently demonstrated by

the Israeli spaceship that got all the way

to the moon, but failed to carry out a soft

landing.

The ambition to fly or disappear did not,

of course, begin with Amazon, Google

or SpaceIL, there is evidence in Elijah’s

chariots of fire that flew him to the sky

and, later on, in the second century, in

Lucian the Syrian’s Book, Vera Historia.

Then there was Leonardo da Vinci with

his extraordinary inventions - a flying

machine, tanks, machine guns, diving

suits and a layered, futuristic city with

advanced waste-removal systems and

hydraulic sewage systems.

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