Security Cameras: - Who Needs Them?
Technology is racing forward so quickly that even the technophiles are getting lost in the dust of progress. Not that many years ago, a hidden video camera wasn't really easy to hide because they were so bulky and unreliable. Now, almost anybody can afford one that is tough as nails, reliable as the suns coming up and cheap.
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Security cameras don't just have to be used for crime prevention. You can use them to get proof about who's dog is making a mess in your front yard. You caught someone sneaking around your property, but couldn't get a good look at him although you are pretty sure he looked familiar. The perfect solution to this one is a camera that is camouflaged as a floodlight. It is motion activated and feeds a video signal to an internal video recorder. The intruder is being recorded and doesn't even know it. The police love it.
It's tough enough these days making a living if you have your own business. Employee theft can sometimes be enough to close a business down that has taken years to build. A hidden video camera can, in hours sometimes, show where all the losses are coming from. One man I know owned a liquor store and was losing a substantial amount of inventory. Try as he might he couldn't nail down who was stealing and how. One day, he caught the janitor taking stock out of the back door in a garbage bag. If he had a hidden security camera in the exit sign above the door, he would of saved himself much aggravation and many hundred of dollars in losses.
Unlike older technology, the video security cameras mentioned above do not need a central receiver. They have tons of on board memory on something called an sv card. You hide the camera where you want, let it record when you want it to and then download the images to your computer. The cameras have motion sensors that trigger it to record only when there is movement and you can even program the machine to avoid certain areas as where animals might go or little kids playing.
What you've seen here is just the tip of the iceberg of what you can do with hidden video cameras.
Probably the greatest feature of these devices is that you don't have to worry about placing them where a radio signal can get through to a central receiver of some sort. Locate it, hide it, plug and play. Kids and pets can be programmed out.
Where to hide them? Here are a few ideas. You can hide them in exit signs, wall clocks, coffee makers, floodlights, or garden ornaments. You name it.
Remember, however, that these hidden video cameras will not prevent a crime, just record one happening. To stop crime, use cameras that are highly visible. But, that's the subject for another article.
Octavien Remillard is an electrical engineer with 40 years of experience on the road troubleshooting everything from lasers to high speed copiers. His mission is to make technology easy to understand and use by the average person. You can get more information at:
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