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I once needed to turn off a breaker to a thermostat in the upstairs of my house. The breaker box was located in the basement and was completely unlabeled. Turning off the breaker meant flipping one and walking up two flights of stairs and checking to see if it was the correct one. A couple of dozen times... Instead of doing that I set up my phone as an IP webcam and pointed it at the thermostat. Then I used my tablet to view the cam feed from down in the basement. Found the correct breaker in seconds and got no exercise. Win/win.

Edit: Link to the app if anyone is interested https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pas.webcam&hl=en

Motion capture wireless security camera.

Install ipwebcam for android on the phone, and then ispy on a pc.

Total cost: free.

Watching the delivery guy throw your package in the bushes: priceless.

I use IPWebcam to watch my eggs because i'm getting nervous when i'm sitting in the kitchen waiting for the damn water to boil.

Use IP Webcam on your phone and iSpy on your computer. You can set iSpy to connect to your phone's live stream (so nothing will be stored on the phone). And from there you can configure iSpy so that it will only record or take pictures when movement is detected. Both programs are free

IP Webcam is an excellent app to use..

Here's a couple of articles which may be useful in setting up old android phones as security cameras ...

http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-build-a-security-camera-network-out-of-old-smartphones/

http://www.howtogeek.com/139373/how-to-turn-an-old-android-phone-into-a-networked-security-camera/

I don't know if this is the "best" but I think you could use IP Webcam to turn each phone into an IP camera, then zoneminder to tie it all together.

I've used this app before to view multiple feeds

Security cameras can be expensive. Do you have an old android or iphone lying around?

Did you know you can convert this into a pretty damn good motion sensing security camera for free? It's actually really easy to do and requires no specialist knowledge.

Step 1: Just install the IP camera on the old phone or tablet: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pas.webcam&hl=en

Step 2: Then install the remote viewer on your phone. When it detects motion, it will send an alarm to your phone with a video feed of the intruders. Even if you were on holiday in Spain, you can use the speaker to remotely tell the feckers to say cheese and that the police will be there any second :D

It's also nice if you hear a noise downstairs and just want to have a look without getting out of bed. No one likes actually going downstairs to check for scary people.

--ooo cake day

Well, if there's an unused android mobile going around, these apps will help. Though it must be noted that if the camera views an area outside a person's property - the law and regulations become, understandably, part of the equation. At the same time, a phone on a window sill may not be so noticed.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pas.webcam

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.alexvas.dvr

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pas.webcam&hl=en

I manged to get this app for android working in a local (192.168...) browser straight away with no configuration. Just needed to use the LiveVeiwRift player in display mode and then go to that address in my browser. I couldn't get LVR to work with the direct url though.

Tried out IRL 3rd person mode first thing. I was disappointed in the amount of grey hair on the default avatar.

I use IP Webcam on the phone that is going to be the camera and then use Tinycam Pro to view it. There is a free version of tinycam, so you dont have to pay for it up front if you want to try it out. here is a link.

I actually just set something like this up for my sub tonight, using an old Android phone and IP Webcam. It supports username/pass to view and various other security settings you can toggle to your liking. It can even run silently in the background (No notification) so if someone were to see or interact with the phone, there would be no immediate signs of what's going on. The advantage here is that I can place/move/dock the phone anywhere rather than being tied (pun intended) to a PC/notebook.

Also may I add that I like your style? ;)

Just install an app like this one and it'll stream to an address. You can hook that up to a domain and secure it, if you'd like, so others can't peek.

If you want to record it, you can hack something together or try a free app that records on motion detection.

I haven't used these, but there's other options if you're not satisfied, and also several apps that are built to turn your device into a Dash Cam for your car.

There are also android apps for this. If you have an old phone sitting around pick up this free app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pas.webcam&hl=en

Then point any web browser at the camera's IP on port 8080 and you got a fully functioning IP camera. The only downside is no night vision but you can turn on the phones built in flash.

(Edit: old android phones can also be picked up super cheap on ebay and craigslist. You do not need it activated just on WiFi )

Sure!

Right now I've actually got my web cam feed (the IP Webcam app for Android, I'm using an old phone) running inside the Glass browser fine.

All I've got intended for the Glass app is for a voice trigger to load that web page in the browser app. Second to-do item is embedding a webview inside the app. Third is to allow the user to add/jump to bookmarks via ... I'm not sure, maybe a mini phone app. Third/fourth version is to add bookmarks from QR codes. (Who knows how much of that I'll actually get done.)

The camera in the upper right corner is shot from my cell phone using this Android app over WiFi. My computer is in the next room, so I use this to watch for boil overs and make sure my induction cooktop hasn't tripped the breaker.

The timer in the upper-left corner is something I wrote mainly to time my coffee brewing in the French press. When it counts down to zero an audible alarm goes off. Very simple. I time the boil with this.

The lower-left corner is my latest app and I must say I'm quite proud of it. You put in your Google creds and some brew information and tell it how long you want each stage to be and it will create Google Calendar appointments for you automatically. Here's a sample of the resulting calendar invite. If anyone has any interest in this I would be happy to distribute, but I don't know of a good method. Requires .NET Framework 4.

Edit: Named today's brew Wounded Rabbit because it's a cream ale, not too hoppy.

IP Webcam

Not what you think on first look - it IS a ipcam/webcam, not a just a passive receiver. This means you can start it on your phone, then load the ip on your computer webbrowser, and take pictures or view video. Don't expect massive resolutions (and this is my favorite app to use for benchmarking phones), but it works excellent.

Yes, this does mean you could put your phone somewhere, and check out what is going on there latter on..

I use IP Webcam. I wouldn't mind hearing about others, but this does a nice job so I didn't look further than my initial hunt for an app that could save timelapse pictures or full video to a PC hdd via wifi.

Might I suggest using an old android phone and a free camera app to nab the bastards next time? Pretty sure it's a crime to steal or destroy those signs.

I use IP Webcam to convert old android phones into network cameras and use tinycam monitor to view all of them from my phone. Otherwise I can view them on my home desktop through the address provided on each phone.

You can use the IP Webcam app on your galaxy note. It works very well. You connect your phone to your wifi network, and you control it via the web browser of your computer that's connected to the same network.

I don't know of an iPhone app that works as well as this one, not even if you are jailbroken, sorry.

> Hmmm, totally messed that bot up - (this is the one I meant.)[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pas.webcam]) >Don't know if there's a better option out there anyway.

Totally messed that link up too. ;)

I know a lot of streaming apps that turn your phone into a webcam. But to store on the cloud, I think the best bet would be to stream to your PC by using something like IP Camera and recording the stream on your PC.

So errm, I guess you start with the chassis, wheels and motors, the 3d printed parts are from this site:

http://www.odd.org.nz/oddbot.html

After the base is made, I got another chassis printed and mounted it upside down, making it really tall, for the HC-SR04's on the sides to be mounted. I bought them in ten packs:

http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Free-shipping-10pcs-Ultrasonic-Module-HC-SR04-Distance-Measuring-Transducer-Sensor-for-Arduino-Samples-Best-prices/1496836740.html

Then the battery pack is a generic mobile charger pack off ebay, just search "10000mah power pack" and you should find something that resembles the white box in the video.

Arduino is a Mega 2560 version, with a USB Host Shield, and then ontop of that, its is the Sensor Shield V5. Google searches on those will give a bit more info about them. The sensor shield is only for convenience sake, but you can get away with not using it.

Mobile is a Alcatel 4010a, Cheap, inexpensive, and just enough power for streaming a live feed. I got it rooted and removed all the bloatware on it, and so all it has is and app IP Webcam and like 4 or 5 other apps. All i do is set it in hotspot mode, and then turn on ip webcam, and then anyone can connect to the hotspot to see the live view (I use my phone most of the time, so its pretty much a portable screen)

The rest is just dupont and USB cables I guess, which connect everything together.

Just use IP webcam.

Then I use ip cam viewer to view it from my phone.

Here's a direct link to the app - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pas.webcam

The youtube description and the video itself pretty much tells the whole story. I'm not sure how much more I can add.

Basically you grab an old unused android phone and install an app on it that turns into into a security camera which can be watched from any device on your network (i.e. your computer, tablet or phone)

IP Webcam Pro (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pas.webcam) works natively with Windows 10 as an ONVIF.

https://www.nextofwindows.com/how-to-connect-to-ip-camera-as-webcam-in-windows-10

Wenn du noch ein altes android handy in der schublade hast, kannst du dort auch einfach IP webcam installieren ohne neue hardware zu kaufen.

Awesome :D That looks like a wicked team project though, i'm kinda jelly on that. Octo is great! There is a nice web ui addon you can get for phones and such also a nice but pay app from the android store which is an alternative way to see the info. If you have an old android phone there is a free app to use it as a webcam called IPWebcam.

Wireless security camera you can access via PC/Mac/Phone/Tablet on your network or over the Internet. There's free apps such as IP Webcam for this.

You would usually use an arduino, raspberry pi, or other device to do those types of tasks since it can be difficult to connect probes and other devices to the cell phone.

You can use this (or something like it) to turn your phone into a web cam: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pas.webcam&hl=en

Then position it to point at your bucket and a thermometer and you can view it anytime you want

I am using an app from Google Play. Here is the link:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pas.webcam&hl=en

When I access the camera over my local wifi network, it is setup to require a username and password.

But with that said, I don't know how secure it is. Since it is currently only available on my home network, I am not so concerned about security right now. Plus, the purpose is to be able to see in the house while I am away so I could always turn it off when I return home. Even if someone found a way to access the camera, it would be quite a boring show watching an empty house.

My wife and I are expecting a baby in April. I took a couple of old Android phones and on one I put IP Webcam and on another I put tinyCam Monitor Pro. I am out a total of $8. If it doesn't work, it was only $8, I have smoked cigars that cost more that I didn't like and tossed less than halfway through.

this is the app is use along with a cheap-o solar charger off amazon. put it in a box that's got a good seal and make a port with plexi-glass and your good to go. i use mine for a weather cam/security cam.

I got a S5. Finally figured out what to do with my Galaxy Nexus: IP Webcam. I've set it up, along with a couple other android devices, so I can watch the stream on my XBMC so I can check outside my house quickly.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pas.webcam&hl=en should probably be your first stop - you can set it up in windows as a webcam usable by skype etc, no audio or anything but for the price it's a good place to start.

install IP Webcam on it and use it as a security camera plugged into an outlet by the front door. Use tinyCam Monitor on your daily driver to see what's going on when you aren't home.

I don't use phones to guard my farm, but I have used Kyocera Hydros as IP cams to keep an eye on my kids playing in the backyard while I'm busy doing something inside. I use the app found here on the broadcasting camera. And to view the camera, I use this app on another phone, or a web browser on a computer.

As far as the router settings, it's pretty standard procedure to have to set up port forwarding on your router so that your phone can be accessed on the correct port from the outside world.

Install Yawcam on PC that is on the same network as your phone(same IP subnet, ideally)

Assuming phone is Android, install app IP Webcam

After starting IP Webcam on the phone, the display should tell you what IP your phone is using overlaid on top of the image of what the camera sees.

Add a new IP camera in Yawcam and point it at http://<your ip>:8080/video

Have you tried using maybe one of your old phones for a webcam? Cheap solution. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pas.webcam&amp;hl=en

Someone posted that this week and seemed to work fine for them.