A wireless surveillance camera may conjure up images of spy cameras and secret video recordings but in reality, these cameras are all around us these days. No longer is wireless technology just for our laptops and internet service. Your neighbors and your friendly neighborhood grocery store are implementing wireless technology in every way you can imagine. The days of hard wiring electronic components are disappearing fast. Wireless network routers are integrating with a vast array of devices and opening a new world to us, especially when it comes to home and business alarms systems. Wireless surveillance cameras now are a means in which parents can watch babysitters take care of their children. Some call these Nanny Cams’ and I can only wish they had been available to me when I was raising my children.
Wireless surveillance cameras work over a wireless router device that is usually connected to your internet service. At the very least, wireless security software makes it possible to integrate a security system with cameras that will enable you to monitor and install a security system that works on your computer. Wireless cameras generally work when they detect motion. A motion detector camera uses infrared technology to sense movement in any type of visual environment. It can be pitch dark and these cameras can sense movement and start operating and recording an event. Compact, lightweight and easy to hide wireless surveillance cameras are easy to hide and easy to use. The video records to an SD card, your computer or even an external hard drive. Video from a surveillance camera can be used for entertainment, security or maybe you want to use it to keep an eye on the babysitter or watch what is happening around your pool.
Wireless Outdoor Surveillance Camera
An outdoor surveillance camera with additional features can add an extra layer of security to your existing alarm system. I do not want you to fear this technology. Manufacturers understand that if they want to sell a technology product such as a surveillance camera, that darn sure better make it easy to use right out of the box. If you have a smart phone, you will really be impressed by some of the features. I personally recommend to my clients that they buy a system that offers apps for smart phones. A lot of people are carrying iPhones and Android phones. The security cameras that I have highlighted below will detect motion and email a sequence of security event photos to you and several more emails in which you set up. If you use a smart phone, you can get immediate notification if one of your surveillance cameras detects and records motion. A neighbor of mine gets frequent emails because he has a pool and a wireless outdoor surveillance camera set up on his back patio. He has two teenagers who swim a lot and has friends over. He knows every time someone is using the pool because he gets an alert on his phone. His wireless security camera monitoring his pool makes him feel much safer when he is not able to be at home. If you are going to add surveillance cameras to your system, just make sure you get a system with smartphone remote access.
Wireless home security cameras can also be used to spy on people if necessary. Remember the ESPN reporter who was spied on by a guy who used a pinhole camera? Her videos were all over the internet. That is some of the downfalls of wireless camera technology. Some people use it for bad reasons. If you are using it to make your home secure and monitor the activities of your property, you have every right to use a wireless security camera in any way you see fit. Once anyone steps foot on your property they fall under your rules. You should definitely add wireless surveillance to you existing system if you have not already. You must be proactive in protecting your family and your property.
One of the highest rated wireless surveillance cameras is the Foscam F18918W Wireless Pan & Tilt Camera. This Foscam camera delivers high quality video and two-way audio monitoring.
View the video below to see actual video clips recorded from the Foscam wireless surveillance camera.