Comments on: Studry wireless internet cam needed

Question: Studry wireless internet cam needed

zaebiz — Thu, 01 May 2008 16:13:41 -0800

I want to attach a small (and waterproof) wireless camera to my mischief-seeking dog's collar and have it send images via the internet every 30 seconds so I can keep an eye on him while at work. He is restricted to an area with a maximum distance of about 200 metres from the wireless router. Ideally I could store and review every photograph over the day. How possible is all of that?

By: zaebiz

zaebiz — Thu, 01 May 2008 16:15:12 -0800

(Uggh. Sturdy even.)

By: anticlock

anticlock — Thu, 01 May 2008 16:21:27 -0800

Have you seen the cat cam?

By: albolin

albolin — Thu, 01 May 2008 16:41:58 -0800

I've connected a wireless video camera I bought from Fry's to my dog's collar before and used some shareware software to watch what he was doing online while I was at work.

The max range was about 50 feet, and the 9 volt battery died after about 6-7 hours.

Oh yeah, he pretty much slept all day.

Good luck.

By: fire&wings

fire&wings — Thu, 01 May 2008 16:59:21 -0800

Seconding cat cam.

By: ceri richard

ceri richard — Thu, 01 May 2008 17:01:49 -0800

"...mischief-seeking dog..."

And of course you'll upload it to the interwebs and post it in Projects? Oh yes indeedy!

By: lain

lain — Thu, 01 May 2008 20:24:30 -0800

Keep in mind an image every 30 seconds would be a large amount of data for an 8 hour work shift.

By: terrapin

terrapin — Fri, 02 May 2008 05:01:49 -0800

Each image (320x240) I upload via my webcam is about 22k.

As another user said, this is easily doable, but the batteries will be the biggest challenge.

By: dubold

dubold — Fri, 02 May 2008 07:35:21 -0800

cat cam has an option to order their camera

By: itheearl

itheearl — Fri, 02 May 2008 15:12:27 -0800

The cat cam camera supports a max 512mb card.
That is a shame, because if it supported 2gb, you could use an Eye-Fi card (in conjunction with a computer) to automatically upload photos to the web from the camera. [http://www.eye.fi/]

I guess you could try a different camera and housing....

By: oddman

oddman — Mon, 05 May 2008 07:04:20 -0800

This may be almost exactly what you want: Pet's Eye View Camera.