panopticon

noun4

1. •
   A type of prison where all the cells are visible from the center, particularly if it is not possible for those in a cell to know if they are being watched.
2. •
   (figurative) A place in which people are subject to constant surveillance at totalitarian command.

   • Perhaps the construction of such a genetic panopticon is wise. But I doubt that the proud men who wrote the charter of our liberties would have been so eager to open their mouths for royal inspection. — 2013
3. •
   (historical) A kind of projector in the 18th and 19th centuries.
4. •
   A room for the exhibition of novelties.