Vitamin D - Video Motion Detection made Easy

Considering I've recently acquired a IP WiFi camera (review coming soon!) it immediately became obvious that it would be a waste of time watching hours and hours of video hoping to see some "important" event.
Sure, these cameras allows you to do basic motion detection in preselected areas, but what if you need a bit more... intelligent?

Imagine you want to receive a notification when someone goes in, but not when you go out, or any other complex motion detection rule that can't be done in the camera itself. That's where Vitamin D comes to the rescue, allowing you to do some pretty amazing stuff in a simple easy-to-understand way:



There's lots more you can use it for. Definitely a video tool you'll want to keep at hand.

Mechanical Dragonfly - Surveillance Wet Dream

A machine that resembles a dragonfly, that can fly indoors, with motors, batteries, camera, video transmiter, measuring less that 10cm and weighing 3 grams?

What more can I say: it's incredible!

Next time you spat any bug flying around you, be sure to check if it wasn't one of these. :)




via [Gizmodo]

Build Your Own GPS Tracker

GPS Tracker... those simple words are sure to grab anyone's attention these days.

Its applications are endless: tracking vehicles, precious items, and even people!

The only thing keep it away from you was cost - but now things have changed, and you can easily build your own cheap GPS tracker to use as you want (provided it's legal!)

Welcome to the Open GPS Tracker, a project that aims to expand tracking:

The Open GPS Tracker is a small device which plugs into a $20 prepaid mobile phone to make a GPS tracker. The Tracker responds to text message commands, detects motion, and sends you its exact position, ready for Google Maps or your mapping software. The Tracker firmware is open source and user-customizable.

What are you waiting for? :)