Lately a website called Webcam Chatroulette is creating a lot of buzz in the blogosphere, and unless you just emerged from under a rock you have probably heard and used it too. Those who are truly clueless, here is an extract from Wikipedia. Webcam Chatroulette is a website which pairs random strangers for webcam-based conversations. [...]
March 12th, 2010 | Posted in Webcam Directory, Webcam Fun | Comments Off
Bristol Zoo -Great Britain. Live streams of Gorillas, Birds, Rhinos and more. A great pleasure
Henry Doorly Zoo -Omaha, nebraska. A controllable cam showing the penguins. Great!
Buenaventura Hummin Bird Cam – Ecuador. You see an actual streaming feed of humming birds at their feeder. It’s not exactly live, but updated every day. I love those birds! [...]
March 9th, 2010 | Posted in Webcam Directory, Webcam Fun, webcam travel | No Comments
By the end of the month, Delaware residents and the rest of the world will be able to log on to to the Delmarva Ornithological Society’s Web site, click on a link and see what’s up with Wilmington’s pair of Peregrine Falcons.
The society and DuPont Co.’s Clear into the Future Program partnered to install a [...]
February 28th, 2010 | Posted in Webcam Fun, Webcam Story | No Comments
Tokyo : 2,187 km², 12,790,001 people… want to see what’s going on in Tokyo right this very minute?
Here’s a selection of some of the best live webcams. All of the cameras are running in real time (none of that “updates every ten seconds” nonsense), and you can control them yourself. Just click on the images [...]
February 27th, 2010 | Posted in Webcam Directory, webcam travel | No Comments
We have tested a wide variety of cameras with Test my Cam, and pretty much anything that works with Windows DirectShow will give you a satisfactory experience, but a few cameras stand out for having superior image quality due to superior optics and optical auto-focus.
For general desktop usage, I recommend the Logitech Webcam Pro 9000 [...]
February 26th, 2010 | Posted in Webcam Hardware | No Comments
The occurrence and development of electronic means of communication brought about a very useful tool – the webcam, whose role is to make real conversation and seeing each other at the same time possible. The MSN webcam, like other webcam models, is a video capturing device which is connected to computers or computer networks. It [...]
February 25th, 2010 | Posted in Webcam History, Webcam Story, webcam Chat | No Comments
Here’s your chance to see what really happens on New Orleans’ famed Bourbon Street on Mardi Gras Day.
BourboCam, a live webcam perched upon a balcony on Bourbon Street, will stream between the hours of 4 p.m. and midnight.
Tune into BourboCam starting at 4 p.m., February 16, 2010 : Webcam New Orleans : Here
February 16th, 2010 | Posted in Webcam Directory, webcam travel | No Comments
Live view of Hekla volcano. Hekla is 1.491 meter high volcano, located in the highlands of Iceland. Scientists believe that Hekla is likely to erupt soon and if that happens – you will be able to watch it happen live. The webcam was installed in partnership between Iceland´s National Radio, Iceland´s Civil Protection Department and [...]
February 15th, 2010 | Posted in Webcam Directory, Webcam Science, Webcam Story | No Comments
Australian soldiers posted overseas now have the chance to see their newborn babies within hours of their birth. The soldiers can keep a close eye on their newborn babies in hospital thanks to modern technology. By the click of just one button, new fathers will be to see their son or daughter through a new [...]
February 12th, 2010 | Posted in Webcam Medical, Webcam Story | No Comments
Webcams have been proliferating of late at the Observatorio Volcanológico de los Andes del Sur (OVDAS) in Chile: nine are now linked from the main page of the OVDAS website. The latest addition is a new webcam for Chaitén, giving a view of the caldera, with an image that updates every 10 seconds or so. [...]
February 9th, 2010 | Posted in Webcam Science, Webcam Story | Comments Off