Last June, Logitech’s HD Pro Webcam C910 webcam had our Jason Chen all in a tizz over its 720p video calls and 1080p local-recording. There was one big flaw, however—it only worked with PCs. That’s changed now, as Logitech’s now supporting Macs. [BusinessWire]
If you were a real Star Trek nerd, you would have picked up one of these U.S.S. Enterprise webcams from the States when we wrote about them last year, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t the odd Trekkie who might like a second one.
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We’ve featured numerous home surveillance apps, as well as some details on how to make a pretty hardcore surveillance system. If you’re looking for something simpler, though, how-to weblog Tinkernut shows us how to do it in just a few steps.
Remember Lower Merion School District, the elite Philadelphia school system that was caught spying on its students through the webcams on their mandatory, school-issued MacBooks? Federal prosecutors aren’t filing criminal charges. But don’t worry, the civil cases are still kicking.
Using little more than a webcam and a laser, a young engineer has built a cheap 3D scanner that dovetails perfectly with the Makerbot and other desktop fabricators.
If you have a face or body that’s wider than the national average due to some ongoing “glandular” issues, you might want to modify your webcam to help fit it all into one wide-angle shot. Here’s how.
