[GRLUG] Baby Monitors - Will bring it back to Linux promise

[Richard Nienhuis]

An old laptop and a cheap hd webcam and just stream it somewhere like
justin.tv?  Should be able to make the channel private.

On Sat, Aug 27, 2011 at 10:38 PM, Michael Mol <mikemol at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sat, Aug 27, 2011 at 9:22 PM, Benjamin Flanders <flanderb at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Well we are expecting our second kid in November(another boy if any
> > one is interested) and we are putting our first kid downstairs.  We
> > would like to get a video baby monitor for that room.  Upon looking at
> > them at all the baby stores the price seems to be ~$250.  I'm thinking
> > for that money I'd look into something a little more robust.  Maybe
> > tie into the net and after the need for a baby monitor, could be used
> > as a security camera setup in conjunction with some Linux box.
> >
> > Anyone have any experience with this?  Any suggestions.
>
> I've got a Mumble server on my router, and you can put Mumble clients
> on Android devices. My phone cost ~$100. I'm hearing that this model
> (Huwei Ideos) goes for $80 in Africa.
>
> 2*$80 < $250.
>
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