You may want to consider a security camera. Sounds a bit odd, but some do run on Linux and can be remotely controlled, plus have the ability to take snapshots on demand. I was looking at them for my sisters house so I can't remember the exact name or models I've looked at. The only draw back may be price.
Jeffrey Lettau ERP Systems Manager polkaudio -----Original Message----- From: George Gallen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2006 9:46 AM To: Lettau, Jeff; u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: RE: [U2] image collection for storage... > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Lettau, Jeff > Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2006 9:24 AM > To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org > Subject: RE: [U2] image collection for storage... > > > Don't most digital cameras come with software that you can > just click on > the screen utility and have the camera take a picture? I was thinking > of just something very simple. An inexpensive camera with > the software. I have a Kodak Easyshare camera at home, which does not have that ability :( As soon as you hook up the USB, it goes into PC mode. This is now going to be a little project of mine for home devlopment I'd like to run this from Linux, so using the "windows" software will be a problem. I like the idea of just pulling the file off of the memory card once the camera takes the picture, then rig up some sort of actuator that can be controlled to "push" the button to take the picture. > Put the camera on a tripod pointing down at a white desk and you just > place the paper or document under it. > Set the camera as a web cam and click on to capture a still image. > This is very similar to the old hardware that banks would use to store > documents to microfiche. I'd like to setup some sort of "copybox" that would contain a barebones PC as well as the camera with either a wired or wireless lan and be used as a standalone piece of equipment. > > Jeffrey Lettau > ERP Systems Manager > polkaudio George ------- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
