The camera also supports two-way audio with a built-in microphone, and mic and headphone jacks. It packs an amazing collection of features and options into a compact package (around 5 x 4 x 5 inches and 12 ounces), for around $299. The Mole is an Internet camera that can stream video over your local network, or over the Internet, to view on with a standard Web browser, or on an iPhone or other Internet-enabled mobile devices. This requires running monitoring software on one of your home PCs, or perhaps on a server system over the Internet.īut in these days of smarter devices, why not cram all this functionality - and more - into the camera itself, as a stand-along device like the Astak Mole Internet Camera, part of a family of cameras and related devices from Astak. So they still need a computer in the loop, to monitor the video flowing over the network, detect motion, send out alerts, and capture the video. And Internet cameras go the next step to break the tether to a computer by building in networking support, so you can position them anywhere, and then access them over your home network, or even over the Internet (see post on Logitech Wilife).īut as these cameras need more intelligence to be more useful for security monitoring and surveillance, to alert you when someone is coming up to the door or the delivery truck arrives. Webcams are great for connecting to your computer to shoot short videos, or to use for video phone calls (see post on Logitech QuickCams).
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