Friday, October 3, 2008

Surveillance: Toys for the Boys

Surveillance has been around ever since people wanted to determine what the other side is doing so that they can crush their enemies or to protect themselves from attack. What is commonly known as spying is now called as surveillance. The only difference is the toys and the people.

Other than security, surveillance is also another method of monitoring the behavior of the subject, or what things they have with them. This is where surveillance with video comes into play. Because there are so many equipment to select from, it's going to be difficult to choose the one for you. We'll begin with a few things.

VCR Player with Time-Lapse featureVCR players or video players are what anybody in the surveillance industry always have. Through the use of this system with a wireless receiver or camera, you will have an option to record remotely from your office or home.

Motion Sensors

This is where you will be using high-tech equipment. With motion detection devices installed with your video surveillance system (namely the VCR and camera), you can now program the equipment to record only if there is motion in a certain place. These motion sensor devices can be set up in the most sensitive areas of your home or office.

Automobile Tracking System

This covert surveillance is utilized if you want to be the only one who must know about it. This is strictly for the very paranoid user, but when it runs along your needs, then use this as a means to track either private vehicles or company cars.Bug DetectorsAstonishingly enough, there's a surveillance system to locate other kinds of surveillance devices known as bugs. Totally external from a video surveillance system, this still is an integral part in counter surveillance and can assist you in detecting wireless signals or devices that have been installed to observe without your knowledge.BatteriesBatteries are needed to provide electricy to the remote cameras. They can be easily located once they are plugged in to an electrical outlet. So always have a spare battery.

There is a new kind of video observation that's also gaining interest by many defense departments and security groups all over the world. They're calling it "intelligent video." This new system has a software programmed to use a camera and microphone to zero in to precise actions. For example, the program can trigger an alarm when it monitors something wrong is going on in a crowded street. With this, the reaction time of the fire or police department is now faster. Modern technology has thrown in much to its progress. Microphone technology is now also becoming more complex and can pick up on single words that are spoken in public. The problem today is that some people believe it is the same as eavesdropping, especially because the people do not know that someone else is listening. However, in a society that fears crime, it could just be very useful and people may just need to deal with sacrificing a little of privacy for it to be able to work.
This of course is still the topic of many debates.

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