The Official Smarthome Blog – All Things Home Automation

• High resolution of 640×480
• Two cameras record outside and inside views
• Internal rechargeable li-ion battery
• 12V cigarette lighter plug
• 2.7″ LCD screen

How does your car really get treated when you’re not driving it? Does your company truck make any extra stops on its delivery route? Does the valet practice for next week’s road race using your car? Or would you like to see how you did in the race? This camera/recorder tells all, with one camera looking out the windshield and one with a field of view of the interior. Sensitive enough to record at night. There’s an internal GPS to add a location tag to your recorded video. Just mount the camera so it has a good view out the windshield, charge its internal battery or plug into the cigarette lighter socket, and go. Records on a removable SD card up to 16GB. Watch the video on its own 2.7″ LCD screen, remove the SD card and play on your PC, or download with the USB cable (included). This video footage might be very useful if there’s an accident.  Read More

Here’s a way to save money by buying a bundle of surveillance and recovery sticks. Keep tabs on cell phones and PCs and recover data that might otherwise be lost. These sticks are useful to discover hidden data or recover information that may otherwise be lost.

The Android Recovery Stick can recover deleted text messages, call logs, images, contacts, and more. Supports up to Android 2.2, and it may not be possible to recover all data. Requires the PIN for locked phones. Plug the phone into a computer, plug the recovery stick into the same computer, and follow the prompts.

The iRecovery performs much the same services as the Android but for iPhones up to IOS 4.3.

Chat Stick searches a PC for chat logs from all sorts of chat logs. Discover how time your employees waste when they’re supposed to be working. Learn what sites your kids are visiting.

The Data Recovery Stick can help you recover deleted files. Deleted files are not really gone until the computer writes new data onto the drive location, so you can often get files back if accidentally (or deliberately) deleted.

The Porn Detection Stick protects your PC from pornography. This software searches all images on a PC and evaluates them for possible pornographic content. Searches active files, deleted files and Internet caches.

The SIM Seizure stick performs comprehensive analysis of SIM cards and can recover deleted texts and emails.

Windows Breaker can help you regain access to your computer. It does not break the password, but bypasses it, granting you file access, including the ability to reset your password. Your PC must be bootable to a USB device in order for the Breaker to do its work. Read More

• Uses no electricity, only solar power (light, motion sensor, transmitter only)
• Runs up to 14 hours on a full charge
• Advanced monocrystalline solar panel and lithium-polymer battery
• Photocell prevents lamp from coming on during the day
• Motion sensor turns on light and camera
• Wireless installation

Don’t let an intruder sneak up on your home. This security camera looks like a floodlight, but it contains a covert camera as well. And it does not require AC power or video cable! Mount this solar-powered camera/floodlight where it can keep an eye on things, then point its solar panel towards the sun. Connect the video receiver to a video monitor or DVR and you’re finished with the installation. The sun will charge its internal lithium polymer battery and give you up to 14 hours of continuous illumination. But because there are both a photocell and a motion sensor, the floodlight will come on for 60 seconds only when triggered, conserving battery power. The receiver has a built-in quad screen system, allowing you to connect up to 3 more cameras to monitor your entire property. The lamp housings are made of cast aluminum to act as heat sinks for the LEDs, to assure durability and ensure maximum brightness. The LEDs are from CREE, the best available, and emit 600 lumens (the same as a 60 watt incandescent bulb).  Read More

• Battery-operated for simple installation
• Motion sensor enables camera to run only when people are present
• Stores images on SD card up to 16GB
• Rated for outdoor use

Have you ever wanted to know what goes on while you’re away from your home? This simple camera will fill in the gaps! Just pop in four AA batteries (sold separately) and an SD memory card (2GB card included) and place it so it can see the area you want to monitor. Give it a good view of your storage shed, place it near the bird’s nest in the back yard, or point it toward your front door. The next day, pop out the SD card and see everything that happened. Mount it on a pole to take time-lapse images of your house being built. The built-in passive infrared (PIR) motion sensor turns the camera on and off to record only when it detects movement, saving memory. This feature also makes it easier to fast-forward through the video, as periods of inactivity are not recorded. The batteries can last up to 50,000 frames. Comes with universal mounting bracket. LED indicators for power on, low battery, and SD Card full.   Read more

You need to know if there’s a approaching threat to your family. This camera can be mounted anywhere, indoors or out, to capture clear video day or night. There is are 4 arrays of infrared (IR) LEDs that gives a broad range of illumination, which won’t create “hot spots” like less powerful systems with tightly focused IR beams. The fixed 6mm lens will give you clear facial recognition of subjects up to 40 feet away. Its rugged aluminum construction is built for long life and weather resistance, with a rating of IP66. There’s an adjustable sun shield to protect the lens, and it comes with an adjustable mounting bracket. Runs on 12 volts DC from an AC adapter (included) and it comes with a 60 foot video/power cable. It even comes with mounting screws and security stickers.

Connect to a DVR
Old video surveillance systems used to require a remote access system, a camera multiplexer; a time-lapse VCR, and an unlimited supply of videotapes for remote viewing and digitally storing video from a multi-camera system. Now you can get the capabilities of all those products in one with a Digital Video Recorder (DVR). By connecting multiple cameras to a DVR, you will be able to record and review video footage of activity around your property. You can even remotely access your video footage using a Network Digital Video Recorder (NDVR).

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