Dec 5 2007Poor Man's Do It Yourself Security System
Some guy designed a system to take a picture with a cameraphone and send it back to you whenever you text it from another phone.
Utilizing a couple of cameraphones, a microcontroller, solenoid relays, a photoresistor, wires galore, a soldering iron and a robust picture messaging plan, this cameraphone activated cameraphone can be used to snap pictures of a pre-defined location whenever you get curious.
I'll admit the system is fun to watch in action, but come on. Video camera systems aren't that expensive. Plus they have the added benefit of, you know, not looking like a freaking bomb.
Video of the device in action after the explosion.
Cameraphone remotely activates cameraphone in DIY venture [engadget]
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Reader Comments
1. Fred - December 5, 2007 11:40 AM
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2. boredom - December 5, 2007 11:47 AM
someone definitely needs to bring one of these in their carry-on luggage. Or even just FedEx it someone in the middle east. I think it would be funny. AND it could even video the whole trip by itself
3. MajorDork - December 5, 2007 12:47 PM
Clever but a waste of time indeed.
4. guate6 - December 5, 2007 5:40 PM
It's cleaver, but not a waste of time if it is as I understand it. For instance, my friend is in engineering, and for his final, he has to create a device that's actually quite similar to this. They're not made to be practical to be honest, but hey, if I made something like this, shoot, I'd be proud as hell and would want everyone to know about it. Very good work.
5. Infi - December 5, 2007 6:20 PM
There's gotta be a way to do this in software.
6. one - December 6, 2007 6:50 AM
work that ...i don't have trust
7. Yason - December 6, 2007 3:46 PM
can be easily done by java midlet
8. Michael Browb - December 8, 2007 5:39 PM
or by using the data connection on the phone. but cool none-the-less
9. padge - December 27, 2007 1:38 AM
video camera systems arent that expensive these days no, not at all but can you view them on the spot when you need to???
like, when sitting on the john! LOL :D
10. Security Systems - May 26, 2009 2:53 AM
A pretty good invention maybe for a project. But definitely there are still ways to improve this kind of security sytem. ;)