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Two things that would make this work for me, as opposed to my home grown old Linux laptop + webcam setup. 1. Make these devices cost < $100, so getting 2-5 of
by staunch 13y ago
Two things that would make this work for me, as opposed to my home grown old Linux laptop + webcam setup.
1. Make these devices cost < $100, so getting 2-5 of them makes sense. 720p HD webcams are ~$17 retail. Raspberry Pis are ~$35 retail.
2. Encrypt everything on the device, upload to your hosting solution (but let me use my own location if I want), and then make the client do decryption using my key. No one but the user should be able to decrypt/view anything.
But what I really want is for someone to create a "base station" that handles all the fancy stuff with little wireless(/encrypted) webcams that are (optionally) battery powered and tiny so you can stick them everywhere. To save power they could have a motion detection sensor and only start transmitting video wirelessly when there's motion.
$120 for the base station + $40/wireless "agent" cams would sell like hotcakes.
- maratd 13y ago> Make these devices cost < $100 You're paying for the software. Yes, you can get the hardware cheap. I can build a similar device that detects all of the things theirs does for about 75 bucks. The problem is the software will be a complete mess and a complete horror to use.
- staunch 13y agoI think the problem is that they're trying to make significant profits from the hardware or they just designed it to be expensive. If the product was sufficiently high volume and they got most users to sign up for remote hosting they could make far more money.