Rasperry Pi security.
(Article from instructables.com with author's permission). Security is becoming more and more important to people. So they are used in protecting property. Actually the are other reasons. Set up security cameras in the testing lab at the school where I use to work to aid in keeping students from cheating. Most people want to be able to use a computer to fill that need without spending zillions of dollars on a special system. We use a Raspberry Pi plus an inexpensive web cam to do just that. There are two major software packages for linux to set up video security and they are Zoneminder and Motion. Like Motion because of the smaller footprint. That makes for better performance on embedded devices such as the Raspberry Pi. . Since the video is internet based, you can watch it from virtually anywhere you can connect to the system. More information on Zoneminder at: http://www.instructables.com/id/Computerized-video-security-setup/ Here is a quickie setup we did for the Raspberry...