I have an idea for a product but need advice...
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Imagine you have a cctv system that is web viewable. No problem, there are millions of them out there. However most people have dynamic IPs, rather than fixed. Fixed IPs are expensive, so most people will use something like dyndns.org for a workaround. Again, no problem. However, this needs to run a regular updater to refix the new IP address to the web address. This is also, usually, not a problem. But sometimes it is. Let us say you go on holiday for two weeks and bring your laptop with you. So of course the laptop will run the updater and update the local IP of the hotel they are staying in, so no web viewable CCTV! One alternative is to leave a second pc or laptop running at home all the time. This is a problem as either people do not have a second computer or are running the risk of buggering up the computer that is left on all the time. Here is my great idea. A small box that sits under the modem, connected by a short ethernet wire that monitors the ip address and runs the updater. Or possibly a wifi modem with an integral unit. Being a very cut down unit I cannot see it being expensive to build, basically a very reduced pc without any of the bells and whistles. Is there any members of the community willing to help me with this project? I can put in this great idea, some capital and my project management skills (sorry about swearing). I just need a hardware guy and a software chap (Or guyess and chapess, I am not sexist). I think this could find a market at a selling price of about £70, so we would need to build and distribute for about £50 to give a £20 above the line profit. Of course the idea being that we get it to a prototype stage and then flog it to one of the big boys. All profits split fairly of course, and if nothing else it would be an interesting project. Anyone got any ideas?
--------------------------------- Obscurum per obscurius. Ad astra per alas porci. Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur.
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Imagine you have a cctv system that is web viewable. No problem, there are millions of them out there. However most people have dynamic IPs, rather than fixed. Fixed IPs are expensive, so most people will use something like dyndns.org for a workaround. Again, no problem. However, this needs to run a regular updater to refix the new IP address to the web address. This is also, usually, not a problem. But sometimes it is. Let us say you go on holiday for two weeks and bring your laptop with you. So of course the laptop will run the updater and update the local IP of the hotel they are staying in, so no web viewable CCTV! One alternative is to leave a second pc or laptop running at home all the time. This is a problem as either people do not have a second computer or are running the risk of buggering up the computer that is left on all the time. Here is my great idea. A small box that sits under the modem, connected by a short ethernet wire that monitors the ip address and runs the updater. Or possibly a wifi modem with an integral unit. Being a very cut down unit I cannot see it being expensive to build, basically a very reduced pc without any of the bells and whistles. Is there any members of the community willing to help me with this project? I can put in this great idea, some capital and my project management skills (sorry about swearing). I just need a hardware guy and a software chap (Or guyess and chapess, I am not sexist). I think this could find a market at a selling price of about £70, so we would need to build and distribute for about £50 to give a £20 above the line profit. Of course the idea being that we get it to a prototype stage and then flog it to one of the big boys. All profits split fairly of course, and if nothing else it would be an interesting project. Anyone got any ideas?
--------------------------------- Obscurum per obscurius. Ad astra per alas porci. Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur.
It sounds like an Arduino or similar device would fit the bill. Marc
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Imagine you have a cctv system that is web viewable. No problem, there are millions of them out there. However most people have dynamic IPs, rather than fixed. Fixed IPs are expensive, so most people will use something like dyndns.org for a workaround. Again, no problem. However, this needs to run a regular updater to refix the new IP address to the web address. This is also, usually, not a problem. But sometimes it is. Let us say you go on holiday for two weeks and bring your laptop with you. So of course the laptop will run the updater and update the local IP of the hotel they are staying in, so no web viewable CCTV! One alternative is to leave a second pc or laptop running at home all the time. This is a problem as either people do not have a second computer or are running the risk of buggering up the computer that is left on all the time. Here is my great idea. A small box that sits under the modem, connected by a short ethernet wire that monitors the ip address and runs the updater. Or possibly a wifi modem with an integral unit. Being a very cut down unit I cannot see it being expensive to build, basically a very reduced pc without any of the bells and whistles. Is there any members of the community willing to help me with this project? I can put in this great idea, some capital and my project management skills (sorry about swearing). I just need a hardware guy and a software chap (Or guyess and chapess, I am not sexist). I think this could find a market at a selling price of about £70, so we would need to build and distribute for about £50 to give a £20 above the line profit. Of course the idea being that we get it to a prototype stage and then flog it to one of the big boys. All profits split fairly of course, and if nothing else it would be an interesting project. Anyone got any ideas?
--------------------------------- Obscurum per obscurius. Ad astra per alas porci. Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur.
One of my friends has a CCTV system that is controlled by a Raspberry Pi, which also makes it web-viewable and updates the IP address as needed. It also has a SSH-based remote management system. This friend has actually completely automated his home with Raspberry Pis and Arduinos. He has even automated his coffee maker!
Getting information off the Internet is like taking a drink from a fire hydrant. - Mitchell Kapor
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Imagine you have a cctv system that is web viewable. No problem, there are millions of them out there. However most people have dynamic IPs, rather than fixed. Fixed IPs are expensive, so most people will use something like dyndns.org for a workaround. Again, no problem. However, this needs to run a regular updater to refix the new IP address to the web address. This is also, usually, not a problem. But sometimes it is. Let us say you go on holiday for two weeks and bring your laptop with you. So of course the laptop will run the updater and update the local IP of the hotel they are staying in, so no web viewable CCTV! One alternative is to leave a second pc or laptop running at home all the time. This is a problem as either people do not have a second computer or are running the risk of buggering up the computer that is left on all the time. Here is my great idea. A small box that sits under the modem, connected by a short ethernet wire that monitors the ip address and runs the updater. Or possibly a wifi modem with an integral unit. Being a very cut down unit I cannot see it being expensive to build, basically a very reduced pc without any of the bells and whistles. Is there any members of the community willing to help me with this project? I can put in this great idea, some capital and my project management skills (sorry about swearing). I just need a hardware guy and a software chap (Or guyess and chapess, I am not sexist). I think this could find a market at a selling price of about £70, so we would need to build and distribute for about £50 to give a £20 above the line profit. Of course the idea being that we get it to a prototype stage and then flog it to one of the big boys. All profits split fairly of course, and if nothing else it would be an interesting project. Anyone got any ideas?
--------------------------------- Obscurum per obscurius. Ad astra per alas porci. Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur.
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Imagine you have a cctv system that is web viewable. No problem, there are millions of them out there. However most people have dynamic IPs, rather than fixed. Fixed IPs are expensive, so most people will use something like dyndns.org for a workaround. Again, no problem. However, this needs to run a regular updater to refix the new IP address to the web address. This is also, usually, not a problem. But sometimes it is. Let us say you go on holiday for two weeks and bring your laptop with you. So of course the laptop will run the updater and update the local IP of the hotel they are staying in, so no web viewable CCTV! One alternative is to leave a second pc or laptop running at home all the time. This is a problem as either people do not have a second computer or are running the risk of buggering up the computer that is left on all the time. Here is my great idea. A small box that sits under the modem, connected by a short ethernet wire that monitors the ip address and runs the updater. Or possibly a wifi modem with an integral unit. Being a very cut down unit I cannot see it being expensive to build, basically a very reduced pc without any of the bells and whistles. Is there any members of the community willing to help me with this project? I can put in this great idea, some capital and my project management skills (sorry about swearing). I just need a hardware guy and a software chap (Or guyess and chapess, I am not sexist). I think this could find a market at a selling price of about £70, so we would need to build and distribute for about £50 to give a £20 above the line profit. Of course the idea being that we get it to a prototype stage and then flog it to one of the big boys. All profits split fairly of course, and if nothing else it would be an interesting project. Anyone got any ideas?
--------------------------------- Obscurum per obscurius. Ad astra per alas porci. Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur.
Great idea, but over here in the states at least a few of the router brands (D-link & Netgear for example) already offer this option.
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Great idea, but over here in the states at least a few of the router brands (D-link & Netgear for example) already offer this option.
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Imagine you have a cctv system that is web viewable. No problem, there are millions of them out there. However most people have dynamic IPs, rather than fixed. Fixed IPs are expensive, so most people will use something like dyndns.org for a workaround. Again, no problem. However, this needs to run a regular updater to refix the new IP address to the web address. This is also, usually, not a problem. But sometimes it is. Let us say you go on holiday for two weeks and bring your laptop with you. So of course the laptop will run the updater and update the local IP of the hotel they are staying in, so no web viewable CCTV! One alternative is to leave a second pc or laptop running at home all the time. This is a problem as either people do not have a second computer or are running the risk of buggering up the computer that is left on all the time. Here is my great idea. A small box that sits under the modem, connected by a short ethernet wire that monitors the ip address and runs the updater. Or possibly a wifi modem with an integral unit. Being a very cut down unit I cannot see it being expensive to build, basically a very reduced pc without any of the bells and whistles. Is there any members of the community willing to help me with this project? I can put in this great idea, some capital and my project management skills (sorry about swearing). I just need a hardware guy and a software chap (Or guyess and chapess, I am not sexist). I think this could find a market at a selling price of about £70, so we would need to build and distribute for about £50 to give a £20 above the line profit. Of course the idea being that we get it to a prototype stage and then flog it to one of the big boys. All profits split fairly of course, and if nothing else it would be an interesting project. Anyone got any ideas?
--------------------------------- Obscurum per obscurius. Ad astra per alas porci. Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur.
Already built in to my router.
Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello[^]
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Imagine you have a cctv system that is web viewable. No problem, there are millions of them out there. However most people have dynamic IPs, rather than fixed. Fixed IPs are expensive, so most people will use something like dyndns.org for a workaround. Again, no problem. However, this needs to run a regular updater to refix the new IP address to the web address. This is also, usually, not a problem. But sometimes it is. Let us say you go on holiday for two weeks and bring your laptop with you. So of course the laptop will run the updater and update the local IP of the hotel they are staying in, so no web viewable CCTV! One alternative is to leave a second pc or laptop running at home all the time. This is a problem as either people do not have a second computer or are running the risk of buggering up the computer that is left on all the time. Here is my great idea. A small box that sits under the modem, connected by a short ethernet wire that monitors the ip address and runs the updater. Or possibly a wifi modem with an integral unit. Being a very cut down unit I cannot see it being expensive to build, basically a very reduced pc without any of the bells and whistles. Is there any members of the community willing to help me with this project? I can put in this great idea, some capital and my project management skills (sorry about swearing). I just need a hardware guy and a software chap (Or guyess and chapess, I am not sexist). I think this could find a market at a selling price of about £70, so we would need to build and distribute for about £50 to give a £20 above the line profit. Of course the idea being that we get it to a prototype stage and then flog it to one of the big boys. All profits split fairly of course, and if nothing else it would be an interesting project. Anyone got any ideas?
--------------------------------- Obscurum per obscurius. Ad astra per alas porci. Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur.
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Imagine you have a cctv system that is web viewable. No problem, there are millions of them out there. However most people have dynamic IPs, rather than fixed. Fixed IPs are expensive, so most people will use something like dyndns.org for a workaround. Again, no problem. However, this needs to run a regular updater to refix the new IP address to the web address. This is also, usually, not a problem. But sometimes it is. Let us say you go on holiday for two weeks and bring your laptop with you. So of course the laptop will run the updater and update the local IP of the hotel they are staying in, so no web viewable CCTV! One alternative is to leave a second pc or laptop running at home all the time. This is a problem as either people do not have a second computer or are running the risk of buggering up the computer that is left on all the time. Here is my great idea. A small box that sits under the modem, connected by a short ethernet wire that monitors the ip address and runs the updater. Or possibly a wifi modem with an integral unit. Being a very cut down unit I cannot see it being expensive to build, basically a very reduced pc without any of the bells and whistles. Is there any members of the community willing to help me with this project? I can put in this great idea, some capital and my project management skills (sorry about swearing). I just need a hardware guy and a software chap (Or guyess and chapess, I am not sexist). I think this could find a market at a selling price of about £70, so we would need to build and distribute for about £50 to give a £20 above the line profit. Of course the idea being that we get it to a prototype stage and then flog it to one of the big boys. All profits split fairly of course, and if nothing else it would be an interesting project. Anyone got any ideas?
--------------------------------- Obscurum per obscurius. Ad astra per alas porci. Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur.
Ummm as other have suggested a Raspberry PI fits the bill, I seem to remember an article on running a CCTV camera to a web connection on here I will have a look later... Ahh, the power of looking busy Raspberry Pi as low-cost HD surveillance camera[^] I that's the article that might be of interest.
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Imagine you have a cctv system that is web viewable. No problem, there are millions of them out there. However most people have dynamic IPs, rather than fixed. Fixed IPs are expensive, so most people will use something like dyndns.org for a workaround. Again, no problem. However, this needs to run a regular updater to refix the new IP address to the web address. This is also, usually, not a problem. But sometimes it is. Let us say you go on holiday for two weeks and bring your laptop with you. So of course the laptop will run the updater and update the local IP of the hotel they are staying in, so no web viewable CCTV! One alternative is to leave a second pc or laptop running at home all the time. This is a problem as either people do not have a second computer or are running the risk of buggering up the computer that is left on all the time. Here is my great idea. A small box that sits under the modem, connected by a short ethernet wire that monitors the ip address and runs the updater. Or possibly a wifi modem with an integral unit. Being a very cut down unit I cannot see it being expensive to build, basically a very reduced pc without any of the bells and whistles. Is there any members of the community willing to help me with this project? I can put in this great idea, some capital and my project management skills (sorry about swearing). I just need a hardware guy and a software chap (Or guyess and chapess, I am not sexist). I think this could find a market at a selling price of about £70, so we would need to build and distribute for about £50 to give a £20 above the line profit. Of course the idea being that we get it to a prototype stage and then flog it to one of the big boys. All profits split fairly of course, and if nothing else it would be an interesting project. Anyone got any ideas?
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Sorry to burst your bubble, but for $50 USD you have a Wireless 802.11n router who will update your public adress to dyndns or any other popular dynamic IP DNS server. So the device will be interesting to those who do not want to pay $50 to change their router to have this feature, so, maybe $10. But as 802.11ac is begining to be available, they will eventually change it anyway.
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Imagine you have a cctv system that is web viewable. No problem, there are millions of them out there. However most people have dynamic IPs, rather than fixed. Fixed IPs are expensive, so most people will use something like dyndns.org for a workaround. Again, no problem. However, this needs to run a regular updater to refix the new IP address to the web address. This is also, usually, not a problem. But sometimes it is. Let us say you go on holiday for two weeks and bring your laptop with you. So of course the laptop will run the updater and update the local IP of the hotel they are staying in, so no web viewable CCTV! One alternative is to leave a second pc or laptop running at home all the time. This is a problem as either people do not have a second computer or are running the risk of buggering up the computer that is left on all the time. Here is my great idea. A small box that sits under the modem, connected by a short ethernet wire that monitors the ip address and runs the updater. Or possibly a wifi modem with an integral unit. Being a very cut down unit I cannot see it being expensive to build, basically a very reduced pc without any of the bells and whistles. Is there any members of the community willing to help me with this project? I can put in this great idea, some capital and my project management skills (sorry about swearing). I just need a hardware guy and a software chap (Or guyess and chapess, I am not sexist). I think this could find a market at a selling price of about £70, so we would need to build and distribute for about £50 to give a £20 above the line profit. Of course the idea being that we get it to a prototype stage and then flog it to one of the big boys. All profits split fairly of course, and if nothing else it would be an interesting project. Anyone got any ideas?
--------------------------------- Obscurum per obscurius. Ad astra per alas porci. Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur.
An Arduino may be a good start; however, as others mention it, most recent routers have facilities for DyDNS and similar services, so for this to be successful, you must give a dead easy way to configure this, perhaps even give a full service.
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Imagine you have a cctv system that is web viewable. No problem, there are millions of them out there. However most people have dynamic IPs, rather than fixed. Fixed IPs are expensive, so most people will use something like dyndns.org for a workaround. Again, no problem. However, this needs to run a regular updater to refix the new IP address to the web address. This is also, usually, not a problem. But sometimes it is. Let us say you go on holiday for two weeks and bring your laptop with you. So of course the laptop will run the updater and update the local IP of the hotel they are staying in, so no web viewable CCTV! One alternative is to leave a second pc or laptop running at home all the time. This is a problem as either people do not have a second computer or are running the risk of buggering up the computer that is left on all the time. Here is my great idea. A small box that sits under the modem, connected by a short ethernet wire that monitors the ip address and runs the updater. Or possibly a wifi modem with an integral unit. Being a very cut down unit I cannot see it being expensive to build, basically a very reduced pc without any of the bells and whistles. Is there any members of the community willing to help me with this project? I can put in this great idea, some capital and my project management skills (sorry about swearing). I just need a hardware guy and a software chap (Or guyess and chapess, I am not sexist). I think this could find a market at a selling price of about £70, so we would need to build and distribute for about £50 to give a £20 above the line profit. Of course the idea being that we get it to a prototype stage and then flog it to one of the big boys. All profits split fairly of course, and if nothing else it would be an interesting project. Anyone got any ideas?
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I think you should examine your market better. My home router provides a dynamic dns client in it already. Further, you can probably already find code to do the same with Arduino. I think most people with your problem will find another way to solve the problem.
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Imagine you have a cctv system that is web viewable. No problem, there are millions of them out there. However most people have dynamic IPs, rather than fixed. Fixed IPs are expensive, so most people will use something like dyndns.org for a workaround. Again, no problem. However, this needs to run a regular updater to refix the new IP address to the web address. This is also, usually, not a problem. But sometimes it is. Let us say you go on holiday for two weeks and bring your laptop with you. So of course the laptop will run the updater and update the local IP of the hotel they are staying in, so no web viewable CCTV! One alternative is to leave a second pc or laptop running at home all the time. This is a problem as either people do not have a second computer or are running the risk of buggering up the computer that is left on all the time. Here is my great idea. A small box that sits under the modem, connected by a short ethernet wire that monitors the ip address and runs the updater. Or possibly a wifi modem with an integral unit. Being a very cut down unit I cannot see it being expensive to build, basically a very reduced pc without any of the bells and whistles. Is there any members of the community willing to help me with this project? I can put in this great idea, some capital and my project management skills (sorry about swearing). I just need a hardware guy and a software chap (Or guyess and chapess, I am not sexist). I think this could find a market at a selling price of about £70, so we would need to build and distribute for about £50 to give a £20 above the line profit. Of course the idea being that we get it to a prototype stage and then flog it to one of the big boys. All profits split fairly of course, and if nothing else it would be an interesting project. Anyone got any ideas?
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we did something similar, a small box near the modem. it was a Raspberry Pi..! and to upload data, we just simply used a few linux command line tools and whenever it started and after every hour, it would post its IP online as a tweet... have a look: https://twitter.com/ZP_Raspi[^]
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Imagine you have a cctv system that is web viewable. No problem, there are millions of them out there. However most people have dynamic IPs, rather than fixed. Fixed IPs are expensive, so most people will use something like dyndns.org for a workaround. Again, no problem. However, this needs to run a regular updater to refix the new IP address to the web address. This is also, usually, not a problem. But sometimes it is. Let us say you go on holiday for two weeks and bring your laptop with you. So of course the laptop will run the updater and update the local IP of the hotel they are staying in, so no web viewable CCTV! One alternative is to leave a second pc or laptop running at home all the time. This is a problem as either people do not have a second computer or are running the risk of buggering up the computer that is left on all the time. Here is my great idea. A small box that sits under the modem, connected by a short ethernet wire that monitors the ip address and runs the updater. Or possibly a wifi modem with an integral unit. Being a very cut down unit I cannot see it being expensive to build, basically a very reduced pc without any of the bells and whistles. Is there any members of the community willing to help me with this project? I can put in this great idea, some capital and my project management skills (sorry about swearing). I just need a hardware guy and a software chap (Or guyess and chapess, I am not sexist). I think this could find a market at a selling price of about £70, so we would need to build and distribute for about £50 to give a £20 above the line profit. Of course the idea being that we get it to a prototype stage and then flog it to one of the big boys. All profits split fairly of course, and if nothing else it would be an interesting project. Anyone got any ideas?
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Well.. if you're going to make a product, then why not go all out and make it something that REALLY gets people's attention. Like a decentralized hash-key based distribution protocol for video distribution (like in the torrent-ish style, or that recent plan/attempt at anonymous chat). Then DNS is irrelevant (directly anyway), plus you get all the benefits that those type of infrastructures provide. Just a thought. Hey! I came up with the crazy idea.. I did my part. Now it's someone else's job to implement it! ;P