Overview

Greetings,
Yoweigh and I (Serficus Winthrax) are huge fans of kitties and huge fans of technology; so naturally, we felt that the synthesis of the two could change the world forever.

Strapping a camera to a cat has been done before.

• Mr. Lee’s CatCam is totally badass but only takes still shots.
  (I’ve just found out Mr. Lee is also working on a “CatCam Live.” He’s definitely on the right track but it looks like he hasn’t produced a prototype thus far)
• Smaka is another german cat that takes photos.
• Squeaky and Friends! The cameras on these cats look very uncomfortable.
• The Takara Tomy Wonderful Shot: Designed for a dog, could be strapped to a cat.

But looking at all these I’m wondering: “Why doesn’t anyone do a live video feed?”

Well, there are lots of reasons why. (Many of which are also discussed at the CatCam Live page) Here are our key issues:

• Tiny cameras are expensive.
• Batteries are heavy / Cats are weak.
• Wireless video signals are weak.

I will tackle these one by one in the subsequent posts…