Monday, October 24, 2011

Lady Liberty to get 24/7 torch-view webcams

Photo credit: AP | In this undated photo provided by EarthCam, EarthCam's CEO and founder, Biran Cury poses for a photo on the torch of the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor . (Oct. 28, 2011)

Give me your tired, your poor -- your Internet-connected masses yearning to see.

Lady Liberty is getting high-tech gifts for her 125th birthday: webcams on her torch that will let viewers gaze out at New York Harbor and read the tablet in her hands or see visitors on the grounds of the island below in real time.

The five 24-hour torch cams are to be switched on Friday during a ceremony...

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