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SafeMart.com, a leader in the Do It Yourself urity Industry released the first three complete DVD installation guides for top of the line urity systems. Intended to help customers “do it themselves,” the DVDs examine and cover every step of the installation and programming process.
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New wireless systems are revolutionizing home monitoring and security, according to Ravi Sharma and Pilgrim Beart.
New wireless technologies that leverage mobile phones and the internet are radically changing both home monitoring and security. While conventional wired security systems have not advanced technologically in decades, new low-cost wireless sensor networking is making it easier for people to keep a close eye on their homes and monitor the safety of family members from anywhere in the world.
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A surveillance system that cost only a few hundred dollars may give police the only clue they need to catch three burglars. The teens broke into a Palm Bay house and it was all clearly caught on digital video. Palm Bay police said there aren’t many residential break-ins in the neighborhood in the northwest part of the city, but they admit burglars picked the wrong house.Two teenaged suspects clearly had no idea they were being recorded as one stuffed videogames into a pillow case Thursday morning at 9:45.The digital video is some of the best quality Palm Bay police have seen.
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A security camera helped police nab three teens suspected in a burglary at a Winter Terrace home Wednesday.
The family who lives at 1 Winter Terrace discovered the break-in around 5 p.m. and determined a spare key had been used to enter the home through the garage, said police spokesman Lt. Paul Shastany said.
Stolen were a laptop computer, a digital camera and a $1,000 wristwatch, he said.
The intruders were captured on a digital video camera, whose images police examined with the family, Shastany said.
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Would your neighbors call the police if they saw something suspicious? I’m not even sure mine would make a move if my house was on fire. Instead of relying on others, I like to take matters into my own hands—especially when it comes to security.
Don’t get me wrong; I don’t walk around with a baseball bat, but I can make my own calls.
Instead of holing yourself up to hermit status, iControl has come up with a way to leave your house and keep an eye on it too. The company’s new Home Security 2.0 solution allows users to peek in on homes, businesses, bushes, or anywhere else you want to set up cameras, via any web browser or cell phone.
For years, business owners have used video surveillance systems to keep tabs on their operations remotely. Now homeowners are taking advantage of the same technology to monitor their homes when they are away.
Through the use of ADT’s professionally installed video cameras, homeowners can make sure family members have arrived home safely, check on possible damage to a vacation home after a storm or monitor the progress of repairmen from anywhere.
Optix Corporation has developed a wireless home security system that can be monitored and controlled via your mobile phone or PC.
As the sensor and wide-angle lens camera are wireless they can be placed anywhere in the room. The system can run for six months on a single recharge.
The angle of the camera can be controlled by the mobile phone, and can pan up to 107 degrees and tilt up to 79 degrees, allowing for full visibility.
“Businesses have used security cameras for years to deter would-be thieves from ripping off products or tearing up property. But the use of video surveillance systems in residential neighborhoods seems to have increased recently, industry experts say, as prices have come down substantially and lower-end models can be bought off the shelf at big-box stores.
Licensed security system installers say they are busy outfitting families, many of whom commute to Bay Area jobs, with four-camera setups that can watch various portions of their house 24 hours a day and include remote Internet accessibility.
“I never figured there would be this much business here,” said Cliff Rogers, who owns I Spy Video in Manteca. “It’s giving peace of mind to homeowners.”
When used effectively, surveillance systems certainly can be useful in catching criminals in the act.”
“While there’s certainly a variety of options to keep watch and protect your property from curious intruders, the latest branch of vCrib gives a new meaning to being on guard. Crafted by the designer of the Virtual Crib home automation software, the USB BB gun sports automatic firing, manual reloading, and the ability to fire based on commands given remotely on a PC. Moreover, the weapon actually packs a webcam on the barrel, allowing users to login via computer, tilt / swivel the gun with simple mouse flicks, and fire away if you spot any intruders within its broad line of sight. It shouldn’t need mentioning that we’d make absolutely sure our landlord was cool with mounting a remotely-controlled weapon in the window, but if you need to take home security into your own hands (without actually being at home), be sure to click on through to see this controversial creation spittin’ hot fury.”