Looking for a web-based security camera that doesn’t require any special downloads or installation? Try out Vision on Tap: Spot Watcher.

In the demo, you can set up a motion detector using your webcam, select a region of interest (optional), and have a photo sent to your mobile phone or email. You can even use Twitter.

Here’s a video of me setting up an MMS alert on a cookie jar for my iPhone:

Vision on Tap Demo from Kevin Chiu on Vimeo.

In the future, you’ll be able to snap together simple custom programs that have capabilities beyond the demo.

Our research group is accepting new students this year! Please apply. We’re looking for people with computer vision / signal processing / optics backgrounds.

The 2-year old original:

Me and Matt at MIT for Roflcon.