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/ 26 October 2004
At the Dallas/Fort Worth airport, the lights are controlled by sensors that measure sunlight. They dim immediately when it’s sunny and brighten when a passing cloud blocks the sun. At a new middle school in Washington, DC, the air conditioner shuts off when a window is open.
The explosive photos of abuse in an Iraqi prison drive home a defining fact of 21st century life — that the pervasiveness of digital photography and the speed of the internet make it easier to see into dark corners previously out of reach for the mass media.