Is IP fragmentation a future killer?
I recently came across a situation where a leading brand manufacturer discontinued some of their IP cameras and no longer supported them. The NVR made by the same manufacturer did not support the new IP camera models even with an upgraded firmware and they were basically told they would have to replace the system with updated cameras and NVR. The integrator was obviously upset and no longer wanted to continue using the brand. This got me think further about the fragmentation within the IP camera technology and the possibility of future problems that may exist. These concerns cover both IP cameras and NVRs.
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Within the world of analog even if a manufacturer discontinues a camera model or even a line of cameras the installer can use virtually any other brand of analog camera to replace the cameras and continue operation but with IP it’s not so simple. The NVR must support the cameras you would like to use and things are not so cut and dry. No matter the changes that occur within the analog camera in regards to the CCD, DSP or format. The systems are all interchangeable. This leads to long term support and usability.
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Lytro: The Biggest Thing to Happen to Photography Since Digital
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Security cameras roll as man slams truck into store in attempt to kill girlfriend
NBC NATIONAL NEWS — A shocking caught on camera moment is revealed from a service station store in Columbia, Tennessee. Security Cameras caught footage shows a man running a truck straight into the middle of the store. Police learned that he was attempting to run over and kill his girlfriend.
(Source: nbc33tv.com)
Mini farm security cameras getting results
PORTABLE mini outdoor cameras are helping reduce farm theft right around Australia. Unsuspecting thieves are being caught in the act stealing fuel, cutting through chained gates, and breaking into sheds and farm residences. The cameras are designed to be set up outside on trees or posts and are only activated when they sense movement. They fit into the palm of your hand, run on eight AA batteries, and are weather-proof and designed to be left outdoors for months at a time recording activity 24/7.
(Source: qcl.farmonline.com.au)
Thailand’s Dummy Cops Are Really Watching Now
James Hookway/The Wall Street JournalThai authorities said their latest model of fiberglass dummy police officers feature working surveillance cameras, unlike some previous versions that werent equipped with cameras at all.BANGKOK—Who’s the dummy now?
After Bangkok’s city leaders deployed decoy surveillance cameras across Bangkok to save money, Thai law enforcers are now sending out a squad of dummy policemen with real video cameras fitted to their heads to scare people into complying with the law—and to make them realize that the city’s battery of closed-circuit television cameras aren’t just empty boxes.
“People have to know this is the real deal,” said Pasakorn Prathombutra, director of research at Thailand’s national electronics and computer agency, affectionately patting one of the life-size fiberglass policemen he helped build and opening up a flap on the back of its head to reveal a camera inside.
(Source: The Wall Street Journal)
MIT builds camera that can capture at the speed of light
A team from the MIT media lab has created a camera with a “shutter speed” of one trillion exposures per second — enabling it to record light itself traveling from one point to another. Using a heavily modified Streak Tube (which is normally used to intensify photons into electron streams), the team could snap a single image of a laser as it passed through a soda bottle. In order to create the slow-motion film in the video we’ve got after the break, the team had to replicate the experiment hundreds of times. The stop-motion footage shows how light bounces through the bottle, collecting inside the opaque cap before dispersing. The revolutionary snapper may have a fast shutter but the long time it takes to process the images have earned it the nickname of the “the world’s slowest fastest camera.”
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