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Cool Wireless Video Camera For $75

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the cool-new-toys dept.

phutureboy writes: "Thought the gadget freaks and toy hackers out there would be interested in this badass video camera for kids. It transmits at 900MHz to a base station which has audio/video RCA outs you can connect to a TV or VCR. I bought one at Wal-Mart for $75, and have been fairly impressed with it so far even though it's sort of cheap and plasticky. Got me to wondering what other applications the Slashdot crowd could come up with for it, or whether anyone knew of other inexpensive video cameras suitable for experimentation." CT:You can get an x10 one too. Video quality kinda sucks tho.

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  1. Advertising 101 by Mike+Schiraldi · · Score: 4
    Looks like the annoying, flashing ad in the left column of the space elevator story did its job.

    I guess that's why simple, subtle ads have more or less been replaced by in-your-face ones.

    On that note, check out the link in my sig. :)

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  2. Vide Capture Card + Lego Robot = Security System by msheppard · · Score: 4

    Rubber band this to a lego robot and build a web interface to drive it around the house and you've got a fun little toy to play with at work. Plug the video outputs to your video capture card. M@

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  3. You want cameras? by DaneelGiskard · · Score: 4

    I did some research for a robot project some time ago, here are some cheap, small, light cams:

    http://www.quasarelectronics.com/cmos_cameras.htm
    http://www.mars-cam.com/frame/optical.html
    http://www.supercircuits.com/

    cheers
    mike

  4. Any bet that... by CBoy · · Score: 5

    The number of "hidden" porn cams increase on the 'net once the general slashdot readership gets ahold of this ? :)

  5. Do some homework! by fmaxwell · · Score: 5
    "I bought a kid's camera at Walmart and it's neat..." is not a Slashdot story. I don't see any specs about resolution, lens information (fixed focus, auto focus, f-stop, etc.), or any other "stuff that matters" when it comes to "news for nerds." There's no hacking information (e.g., putting the guts into an old SLR body, enabling a hidden USB feature on the PCB, etc.). There is no really cool feature like the ability to pump digital data at high-speeds over the RF link. It doesn't have an IP address and talk to a wireless home network.

    Before you say "it's just a camera for kids", ask yourself this: Do we really want to see content-free postings about every toy that someone thinks is neat? When did /. go from being "News for Nerds" to "Ads for Walmart"?