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Back on Line Seldovia Airport Webcam

Seldovia Airport is a public airport located one mile (2 km) east of the central business district of Seldovia, in Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska, United States of America. This airport is publicly owned by the State of Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities: Seldovia Airport Webcam an more webcams form Alaska

Using a webcam to practice public speaking

Good presentations and speeches need practice. It is quite easy to practice reading your speech out loud but what about getting feedback on your voice and gestures? What will the audience see when you deliver  your speech? Record yourself and check if your good or not ? Record Webcam  

Siku, Polar Bear Cub, Featured On Live Webcam

Advocacy groups have set up a webcam to let viewers worldwide follow the development of a three-month-old polar bear cub in a Danish wildlife park. The camera by Bozeman-based Polar Bears International, the Scandinavian Wildlife Park and The Annenberg Foundation’s explore.org went live Monday to coincide with International Polar Bear Day. The camera streams for [...]

Bird Webcams

In the Usa the Parks and Open Space Department’s osprey webcam isn’t up and running yet, but you can check out a number of bird cams now that are run by Xcel Energy including one that keeps track of a great horned owl at Valmont Station in Boulder. To see Xcel’s webcams, which also track [...]

Falcons return to Norwich Cathedral

Courting peregrine falcons return to Norwich Cathedral webcam. The Hawk and Owl Trust installed a nesting platform last year for a pair of peregrine falcons which had taken up residence at the towering Norman building. A CCTV camera showed the birds’ spectacular views from 75m above the streets of the city. Webcams can be viewed [...]

Webcams monitor campus around the world

Webcams have become a staple of this generation. Chatting with friends and family was only the beginning until webcams became a more functional piece of technology in the public spectrum. With the webcams in place, anyone with access to the Internet could see live webcam from campus.

Tuam Cathedral Webcam makes Ceremonies Live

The interesting story of the popularity and success of the recently installed webcam in Tuam Cathedral was documented on RTE radio. Ceremonies can be viewed on the above link as they occur in the Cathedral.  It was particularly popular on Christmas morning, with many people abroad that could not come home logging in. It is [...]

The first webcam was created to watch a coffee pot!

In 1991, a camera was installed to capture pictures of the coffee pot in the Trojan Room of the old computer lab at the University of Cambridge! The idea behind it was to allow people to see if there was still coffee without having to go from their respective departments/rooms to the pot! The image [...]