While most of the video exhibits at CES focused on big-screen TVs, DVD format wars and place-shifting, there was another video trend on the floor: video surveillance. Check out this demonstration from Forensic Visions. It shows a wireless set-up for monitoring several different mobile cameras at once. The camera in this video is hidden in a purse. Visions of Big Brother come to mind, but my friendly demonstrator point out that the technology is also good for things like child depositions. Easier to talk in front of a camera disguised as a purse or a hat than a large unfriendly lens. Or at least that’s the idea…
Two notes: First, the video from my Flip was much higher quality, but YouTube seems to have compressed and degraded it. Second, the video display from the purse camera shows a fair bit of signal noise. It’s likely due to interference from all of the other devices in operation at the Sands convention center.
Thank you for the exposure, our product has been well received! Hey let’s face it, our world is different now and having Big Brother watching is only a problem for those who have something to hide.