Falcon eggs monitored via webcam (news.bbc.co.uk)
Birdwatchers have been monitoring three rare peregrine falcon eggs - due to hatch at any moment - via a webcam.
The camera has been trained on a nest built into the face of an old quarry at Plym Bridge, on the outskirts of Plymouth.
There have been falcons nesting at the site for a number of years, as well as ravens, and the two birds have often swapped nesting spots. more... 5/7/2008
Lost cat spotted on webcam by woman in US (telegraph.co.uk)
Jerry the tabby had run away when the couple moved house from Staffordshire to Cornwall and it was feared he had got lost and died.
But then, thanks to the wonders of technology, Jerry was spotted - by a woman nearly 4,000 miles away in America.
Deb Wilgus, an avid Anglophile from Indiana, had regularly seen the two-year-old cat out and about in the middle of the night on a webcam outside the Claremont hotel in Polperro , Cornwall. more... 5/7/2008
Webcam to cut traffic chaos (leyland-guardian.co.uk)
Visitors to a recycling centre in Leyland will soon be able to see how busy it is on a webcam in a bid to ease problems with traffic congestion in the area.
The Household Waste Recycling Centre (HWRC), in Flensburg Way, Farington Moss, is the busiest centre of its type in Lancashire.
t handles 18,000 tonnes of rubbish per year but when the site is closed so that the skips can be emptied or replaced it results in traffic backing up on to Flensburg Way and surrounding roads.
more... 5/5/2008
Webcam to cut traffic chaos (abc4.com)
Graffiti is a crime that costs our communities hundreds of thousands of dollars each year. Now, there's an innovative way to remove the graffiti artist from the picture.
It is a new product that launched late last year called the Graffiti Cam. Several cities around the country are already using it.
Unsightly graffiti is a big problem throughout Utah, and catching the culprits is a tough job, but one that could get easier with the new technology. more... 5/5/2008
Citizen journalism: The face of new media? (summitdaily.com)
In the past, there has always been a well-defined line between the people that report the news and the people who “get reported to.”
But advancements in digital technology and the internet show almost anyone can play reporter for a day - if they have the right tools. more... 5/1/2008
Fire department to go high-definition (dailypress.com)
Over the strains of Foster & Lloyd's song " Texas in 1880," flames crackle, a siren blares and voices call to each other as members of the James City-Bruton Volunteer Fire Department spring into action.
As fire leaps from windows of the two-story brick home, two firefighters approach the door, axes in hand. They swing at the frame as flames threaten to overcome the door. more... 5/1/2008
