I guess it’s just the way of the future, or the way of today, but no sooner had I waxed on about the web cam viewer saving a lost guy some 500km’s away in the dark, then someone in Cyprus alerts zoo keepers in Scotland that a rhino was about to give birth. So in the space of 2 days we witnessed web cam technology and people sitting at home watching them save one life and help bring another into the world.
Truly lovely!
But locally we have also witnessed another of the web cams darker sides, and it happened on out TV in our apartment.
A panda was born in the Chiang Mai zoo last year and since its birth one of the cable channels has provided 24 hour viewing of the cub and its mother. You can imagine our surprise when over coffee one morning before work we flicked over to see the little fella furiously having a go at himself without knowing thousands of people would be watching, most likely on 42 inch flat screen cinema quality.
Poor little bloke. See what I mean, web cams are evil!
So it got me thinking; there has to be an upside to all this web cam watching, something or some way we can leverage the seemingly plethora of people willing to sit and watch their computer screens and take action on what they see.
So here's a few ideas I think could work:
A web cam viewing service in Bangladesh to watch over your sleeping baby whilst you are out at the shops. (Everyone knows those radio transmitters only have a limited range and won’t even reach you around the corner)
Someone in Mongolia can call me when the Eastern Distributor is running ok each morning to save me sitting in traffic (or having to look it up on the net myself)
A guy in Libya who I can text when I have lost my keys. Not too sure how this one would work without a cam in our house, but I like it all the same.
A phone call from anywhere when someone is driving my car who’s not me. Again, would need a cam in my car, but hey cab’s have them, so why shouldn’t I?
A picture MMS’d to my mobile when someone is at my door. The picture should be clear enough so I know exactly who it is and whether I should turn the TV down and lights off and pretend we’re not home.
Now I haven’t done a search as yet, but I’m pretty positive that there must already be some company out there in some far off country that offers web cam viewing and alert services. And I bet the range of places and things to be viewed and alerts to be raised is endless.
And if there’s not, then the idea is mine and you can’t have it!
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