@unksol The car is basically a matchbox and the camera is magnetized to the top, the camera has definitely popped off before. I just stuck it back on and restarted the app to keep going.
@Kidsandliz I’ve only used it on laminate, it is surprisingly quick so maybe on rugs but it’s just the size of a matchbox so it is hard to say for sure.
/showme a dog named Fido that has a Zoom Cam Mini RC Racer duct taped on it’s head and is roaming around on the beach while it’s owner is watching the video of women wearing bikinis on his smartphone.
@Barc777 If you had one of these in assisted living you could use it to see where the heck your help is when they don’t answer the call button. Mom used us for that when we were visiting.
I am sorry you need that level of help. And have to downsize that much to be able to live in one room.
@Barc777@chienfou yes tongue in cheek for the most part however at mom’s private assisted living paid for by long term care insurance in a higher end senior community there were times where it took 45 min or longer for someone came. And no one came when she needed help to, for example, go to the restroom (she had balance issues and couldn’t do it alone). When she was actively dying no one answered the call button for the entire 5ish hours that last day that it was clear she would die soon and we didn’t want to leave to find someone so we had to call the front desk to get someone to come to up her pain meds, just for example. We had to tell them she had died and it still took them about 30 minutes to finally send someone in to disconnect her from the stuff we couldn’t. Staffing problems can be serious in those places as it was there.
Guess you could deploy these to scope out the location of the missing cat toys that are under the love seat, couch, recliner, bookcase… Or possibly malodorous deceased “toys” the cats brought in.
@chienfou heck sometimes I need to check lf there is a cat under the couch. I built boards to keep them out but stuff still happens lol. Idk that I need the camera
@braveit1 not sure about that but my car has so many cameras I don’t even know where they are. It’s like wake up! Pay attention! Otherwise I won’t let you drive anymore. I think I have 1 out of 5 de-merits.
Edit: not sure what it will do if I hit 5 of 5. Probably self-drive itself to a better owner.
I have absolutely no memory of saying what they say I said, but it’s essentially accurate. Though I don’t think I would have imagined a wifi remote control tiny car with a webcam on top in 1960…
NGL, I kinda want this. I want to chase neighborhood cats and just creep through random alleys to see what I find at rat eye-level. $25 isn’t a lot, but at the same time…do I really need this? I already have a lot if “toys” that I don’t play with enough (looking at you metal detector and FPV drone). $25 is like 2 good burritos at my local taco stand on their special burrito days. Two burrito meals vs this one item. Decisions.
I just pulled the trigger and got it. Probably wouldn’t have, except I wanted to get the Homedics Aqueous Ozone misters, so I already have a month membership now. YOLO.
Specs
Product: Odyssey Toys Zoom Cam Mini RC Racer FPV
Model: ODY-SPY1
Condition: New
What’s Included?
Warranty
90 days
Estimated Delivery
Friday, Sep 11 - Monday, Sep 14
I did buy one of these last time it went up. It is more fun than I expected, and sufficiently antagonizes the cat too.
@OON7 and they haven’t destroyed it? They slap pretty hard. Never mind trying to bite it in half. I could be down with antagonizing some assholes…
@OON7 does it need a perfectly smooth service to work on or can it handle running on rugs?
@unksol The car is basically a matchbox and the camera is magnetized to the top, the camera has definitely popped off before. I just stuck it back on and restarted the app to keep going.
@Kidsandliz I’ve only used it on laminate, it is surprisingly quick so maybe on rugs but it’s just the size of a matchbox so it is hard to say for sure.
@OON7 thinking about it with a heavy camera on something that tiny with tiny wheels you are likely right that it needs a smooth surface to run on.
@OON7
is this a phone clip for remote or something else?
@username yep, phone clip
@Kidsandliz my test results were not promising
@OON7 @username
@mwarren that simulated image of mountains on the phone is something else. might as well add rainbow and unicorns. or Odysseus with cyclopes
Oooo!! Gotta duct tape one on Fido’s head!!
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Be careful where you deploy that so you don’t end up like the dean at Rutgers…
I bet this would be perfect for scoping out Cyclops’s cave.
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I’ll still bet my money on the corgis.
Could I use this to locate Flock cameras in my neighborhood?
@pchops Mark I Eyeballs will work better, and the range of this thing means you’re going to be close enough to use them.
@pchops @werehatrack I still see stop signs with bullet holes/shotgun dents. Good luck in the country flock.
But we have been refusing to do regulation of tech for DECADES because the geriatrics don’t understand or give a duck. Yes a duck.
Proposal: meh corp does unboxing vidya, to check how long from unboxing to stream video from camera
I’d probably get it, but I’m trying to pay off all my credit cards before moving into assisted living.
@Barc777 yea please prioritize your health/well being vs consumerism. Hope everything is going ok
@Barc777 If you had one of these in assisted living you could use it to see where the heck your help is when they don’t answer the call button. Mom used us for that when we were visiting.
I am sorry you need that level of help. And have to downsize that much to be able to live in one room.
@Barc777 @Kidsandliz
I’m hoping that was tongue in cheek…
@Barc777 @chienfou yes tongue in cheek for the most part however at mom’s private assisted living paid for by long term care insurance in a higher end senior community there were times where it took 45 min or longer for someone came. And no one came when she needed help to, for example, go to the restroom (she had balance issues and couldn’t do it alone). When she was actively dying no one answered the call button for the entire 5ish hours that last day that it was clear she would die soon and we didn’t want to leave to find someone so we had to call the front desk to get someone to come to up her pain meds, just for example. We had to tell them she had died and it still took them about 30 minutes to finally send someone in to disconnect her from the stuff we couldn’t. Staffing problems can be serious in those places as it was there.
In the time of Social Media, A.I., and Flock cameras, who needs a spy cam? Another outdated product for Meh bargain hunters.
@hchavers
My aunt got me several earlier iterations of these for Christmases. They were all trash. This set looks better, but I’ve been hurt before. Pass
Do they need a smooth surface to run on? Can they run on a rug?
@Kidsandliz Given the size I’d hazard to guess anything with more nap than Astroturf is going to present a challenge
@Pufferfishy That was my guess too but I was hoping someone would know first hand.
@Kidsandliz @Pufferfishy Your guess is spot on. Needs a hard surface to run.
I miss when tyco rc was a thing
Guess you could deploy these to scope out the location of the missing cat toys that are under the love seat, couch, recliner, bookcase… Or possibly malodorous deceased “toys” the cats brought in.
@chienfou heck sometimes I need to check lf there is a cat under the couch. I built boards to keep them out but stuff still happens lol. Idk that I need the camera
@chienfou @unksol I think deadmouse was the intention here but missing cat might be OK.
@chienfou @pmarin the smell and flies will come. I had a mouse come in in the laundry room and under the laminate and somehow a fly found it.
Also vacuumed squirrel skeletons out of walls. Shit happens
Basically the same thing as a dash cam in my car?
@braveit1 not sure about that but my car has so many cameras I don’t even know where they are. It’s like wake up! Pay attention! Otherwise I won’t let you drive anymore. I think I have 1 out of 5 de-merits.
Edit: not sure what it will do if I hit 5 of 5. Probably self-drive itself to a better owner.
Can you monitor the output live on a phone, computer, and/or TV, or only afterward?
@tarpaper its FPV so yes. The camera output is visible on your phone or tablet.
Missed opportunity to say, “you can have your Zoom Cam Mini RC Racer in any color you want–as long as it’s black.”
@Weboh
Nice!
I have absolutely no memory of saying what they say I said, but it’s essentially accurate. Though I don’t think I would have imagined a wifi remote control tiny car with a webcam on top in 1960…
@MrNews
/youtube Peter Gabriel I don’t remember I don’t recall
This seems like it could be used for no good
@simeon527
Like this perhaps?
@chienfou
Precisely
NGL, I kinda want this. I want to chase neighborhood cats and just creep through random alleys to see what I find at rat eye-level. $25 isn’t a lot, but at the same time…do I really need this? I already have a lot if “toys” that I don’t play with enough (looking at you metal detector and FPV drone). $25 is like 2 good burritos at my local taco stand on their special burrito days. Two burrito meals vs this one item. Decisions.
@Some1UDontKnow you would have problems tracking a cat just cause grass. Never mind them casually hopping a 6 foot fence
I just pulled the trigger and got it. Probably wouldn’t have, except I wanted to get the Homedics Aqueous Ozone misters, so I already have a month membership now. YOLO.