Mitchell Gray's article “Urban surveillance and panopticism: will we recognize the facial recognition company? » analyzes the effects of the use of facial recognition surveillance devices in response to perceptions of “insecurity” in urban environments. Mitchell Gray sees facial recognition systems as "an attempt to reduce insecurity through knowledge and vision, but, paradoxically, their use can worsen insecurity by transforming society in unanticipated directions." Facial recognition, he insists, will extend the disciplinary power of panoptic surveillance to today's urban environment. The potential of facial recognition systems knows no bounds and will ultimately change society's perception of privacy while affecting the overall behavior of individuals and groups in publicly monitored areas. Perhaps most importantly, facial recognition has the potential to break the last barriers of what many consider a surveillance taboo: the ability to predict the future actions of individuals by looking for the tiny "microexpressions" that constantly appear on the face of each individual when he thinks. what decision they will make next. These new surveillance capabilities, while effective, will finally unlock what individuals in the panopticon zone plan to do with themselves, privacy will become a thing of the past and society will take another step towards a solid mass of regimented organisms and edited ideas. While Foucault designed a panopticon based on a central all-seeing eye, Mr. Gray counters that in today's world, millions of digital eyes are still better than one. Today's technology makes such surveillance not only possible, but also entirely logical and gives rise to ideas of panopticism. By adding the modern touch and use of recently developed technologies, Mr. Gray opens the door to a new era of modern panopticons that can be implemented by virtually any willing party. The current relationship between such mechanisms seems to break down even the most complicated aspects of Foucault's “panopticism” into the simplest layman's terms. Gray's article addressed the effectiveness of Foucault's ideas in modern society and successfully concluded that as technology advances, the ability to employ a more "perfect" panopticon becomes increasingly simple with each progress in surveillance. Works Cited Gray, Mitchell. “Urban surveillance and panopticism: “Urban surveillance and panopticism: will we recognize the society of facial recognition? Surveillance & Society 2003: 314-330. ProQuest. Internet. March 7. 2010.