Archive for August, 2008

Zoo Atlanta's giant panda family just got larger.

A cub born Saturday night is the second offspring for Lun Lun (LOON LOON) and Yang Yang (YAHNG YAHNG). Zoo spokeswoman Simone Griffin says the cub is the only one born at a U.S. zoo this year. It comes just a week before the second birthday of their cub Mei Lan. Zookeepers are watching to [...]

Mars Webcam: An ordinary camera in an extraordinary place!

The Visual Monitoring Camera (VMC) is mounted on Mars Express, ESA’s deep-space probe now orbiting the Red Planet. It originally provided simple, low-tech images of Beagle lander separation, and is now back in action as the ‘Mars Webcam’. It’s not a scientific instrument, but it does provide fantastic views of Mars – including crescent views [...]

Hurricane Gustav Webcams

The second Hurricane of the 2008 Atlantic hurricane season, Hurricane Gustav is building up strength as it approaches the south coast of Haiti. Hurricane Gustav is then expected to makes its way towards Cuba, Jamaica and the Cayman Islands over the next few days. Hurricane Watch experts in the U.S. are worried that hurricane could [...]

Nursery’s hit webcam to go mobile for delighted parents

A WEBCAM link that allows parents to watch their children in nursery over the internet, could soon be available on mobile phones. The pioneering NurseryCam scheme was introduced to reassure parents their tots are being well looked after at the Beach House Day Nursery in Rhyl. It allows parents to log-in via a secure internet [...]

History Webcam

Started in 1991, the first webcam, called the CoffeeCam, was pointed at the Trojan room coffee pot in the computer science department of Cambridge University. This webcam is now defunct, as it was finally switched off on August 22, 2001. The final image captured by the camera can still be viewed at the webcam’s homepage. [...]

Peeping Tom ripped Webcam on Laptop to take pictures, user beware

This is similar to Edison Chen problem but at a more techie level. A guy by the name of Craig Matthew Feigin, 23 years old, took advantage of repairing a woman’s laptop by installing “unwanted” software into the woman’s computer. With that, he is able to capture 20,000 photographs of this woman in various stage [...]

Medical Consultations With Webcams Extremely Successful

“Doctors are far from being early adopters, so they have just gotten around to publishing a report that webcams help immensely with making the right decision when someone shows up to a rural emergency room suffering from a stroke. Using clot-destroying medications like alteplase is really risky, and it should only be given in acute [...]