> there is also a project on qi-hardware.com: > http://projects.qi-hardware.com/index.php/p/xue/timeline/
The problem with that project is that it's just a plan now, not a single board has been produced. I'd say this is way out until it becomes a usable product (minimum 1 year). And we are not planning on integrating connectivity until even later. > There is a company with copyleft-hardware carmeras (I think some of them have > usb host or can connect to a gsm modem): > > http://www3.elphel.com/index.php Those cameras are awesome and if you are interested in openess, Elphel is the right choice. They are expensive though, for a full 353 camera you easily need 1000-1500 USD, and then you still don't have any GSM connectivity which is what you seem to be mostly after. So by the time you have built a GSM security camera, you will have a big box with lots of manually wired up gear, heavy, with high power consumption, etc. Elphel is about optical excellency (and openess), the founder is a Russian trained physicist and the coolest open hardware guy I know in the world :-) There is also the Frankencamera, a much hyped project at Stanford University with Nokia financing http://www-graphics.stanford.edu/papers/fcam/ But I'm not sure whether they sell anything - I think that leads you further away from what you want. It sounds like your best bet is to start with a phone/smartphone, and hack the camera functionality you need into it. You could even take a good old Freerunner and attach a cheap USB-host webcam to it? (need to solve the mains power problem then, I haven't thought about Freerunner hacking for a long time...) How about a Nokia N900? Cheers, Wolfgang _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community