Mijia smart IP camera review: Xiaomi quality, trustworthy -part 2

There are two speakers distributed on both sides of the “head” on the Mijia smart camera, which can realize the function of two-way voice call and voice interaction. The overall effect of the sound during the call is fairly good. The reset button, power jack, and Micro SD card slot are located on the edge of the base of the Xiaomi Mijia smart IP camera. The power port uses a common Micro USB port, and the power port is designed along the edge of the chassis, which is also beneficial to the power supply. In addition, Mijia smart camera supports 32G storage expansion.

There is a ring of rubber anti-slip mats on the base of Mijia smart camera, which can make the camera more stable placed on some smooth home surfaces, and it can also prevent the camera from moving.

Configuration

In terms of configuration, ip camera adopts dual motors and no cantilever design. Users can freely adjust the shooting angle of the camera through the Xiaomi smart home app to achieve 360-degree viewing without dead ends. Xiaomi Mijia smart IP camera also has 1080P ultra-clear display resolution, using Ambarella S2LM image processing chip, equipped with the United States OV HD Sensor, support Magic Zoom \ 4 times digital zoom. Xiaomi Mijia smart IP camera uses the EVETAR low-distortion professional lens, and at the same time with the LDC distortion correction technology, the object reduction degree is more realistic, and the detail display is more objective. At the same time, Mijia smart camera also has infrared night vision function, can also monitor the situation at night.

Connection settings

Mijia smart IP camera can be controlled through the "MI smart home" APP. After downloading and installing the APP, you can add the Mijia smart IP camera to “My Device” through Xiaomi Smart Home APP. In the process of operation, it will also have a corresponding voice prompts to guide the user to operate.

Mijia smart IP camera review: Xiaomi quality, trustworthy -part 1

With the increasing popularity of smart home products, smart cameras have long been known to all, and consumer demand for such products is also increasing. Today's review of this original Mijia small smart IP camera, which has been a certain degree of upgrade in the function, it not only has real-time monitoring, 1080p HD shooting, infrared night vision and other useful features, but also has two-way conversation, voice interactive real-time interaction and more features. The most important thing is that Mijia is a smart camera with 360 degrees panoramic shooting. It can monitor the indoor environment in a panoramic way, leaving no blind spots for surveillance. Here let us take a look at this Mijia smart IP camera.

Design

Xiaomi Mijia smart IP camera as a whole uses a sleek design, with a pure white body color, looks like a home smart robot. In order to achieve 360 degrees panorama shooting, the Xiaomi Mijia smart IP camera is divided into upper and lower parts, the upper part is a "spherical" camera part, can achieve 360 degrees rotation shooting, but also can be adjusted up and down for 85 degrees, more extension area can be monitored clearly. The ip camera uses the SABIC substrate as its outer shell and has a specular highlight treatment on the surface, which looks very beautiful and stylish.

The base of the Xiaomi Mijia smart IP camera also adopts a round streamlined design. In the front of the base, there is a unique physical key of the camera, the “function key”. The specific function is: Short press to open the voice continuous conversation function; long press to initiate a voice call, press the key to end the call. There is a status indicator below the function keys that represents the different states of the camera depending on the color or flashing status.

Butterfleye Security Camera Shoots under Unusual Activities

According to the Ubergizmo website, Butterfleye is a simple, intelligent wireless home security camera that uses infrared technology to detect "abnormal" activities before it starts shooting, allowing users to "see and hear" everything happened at home even when they are not at home. The difference between Butterfleye and other similar products is that it only starts shooting when a pet, person or specific sound is detected. This eliminates the need for users to organize blank videos and also reduces the number of false alarms.

When an abnormal activity is detected, Butterfleye will use WiFi, Bluetooth, and cloud computing technologies to send notifications to the user's mobile phone. Over time, Butterfleye will be able to send notifications more and more intelligently because of its unique algorithm and multiple sensors that can understand the user's daily activities and habits. Some small events in the future, such as turning lights on or off, shaking the branches outside the house will not trigger Butterfleye to alert the user.

Ubergizmo said that Butterfleye's iOS and Android apps will provide users with a daily video of “abnormal” events during the day, allowing users to check for “abnormal” activities that occur on a daily basis. Butterfleye does not have a power cord. The configured lithium-ion battery can be used for 2 weeks after a single charge. This ip camera can capture full-HD video with a resolution of 1080p. The internal storage space can store 12 hours of video. It provides a free cloud storage service with a duration of 24 hours and can directly stream video over LAN/WAN/IP. Butterfleye integrates motion, sound, light and accelerometer sensors.

Butterfleye hopes to raise $100,000 through crowdfunding website Indiegogo and put it into mass production. The price of the first 300 units is 199 US dollars, and the price of Butterfleye after the limited quantity is 385 US dollars.

To protect student safety, New York officials proposed to increase surveillance cameras around the school

On June 19, 2018, the chief of the Municipal Police Headquarters, James O'Neill (spokesperson), appealed to the state government to install more surveillance cameras proposal as soon as possible.

According to reports of the United States "World News", the New York City Mayor's Office, the Municipal Police Chief James O'Neill, and Chen Wenye, director of the Municipal Police Traffic Safety Bureau, and others, publicly appealed to the state on June 18 local time in Brooklyn. The government passed a proposal to add hundreds of speed surveillance cameras around New York City’s schools to further protect students’ safety.

James O'Neill, Chen Wenye, Brooklyn Governor Eric Adams, Councilman Justine Brannan, and 264 Elementary School Principal Patrice Edison lead hundreds of students’ parents in 89 Avenue, 4th Avenue, the 264 elementary school entrance, appealing to the surveillance ip camera issue.

O'Neill said that at present, speed monitoring cameras are urgently needed around New York City schools. These cameras can effectively protect children from accidental traffic accidents during their studies. However, the state must first adopt proposals to promote the establishment of these surveillance cameras.

It is reported that there are now 140 speed surveillance cameras in the city, which were installed in 2014. After the installation, drivers who are speeding nearby have fallen by 60%, and the incidence of fatal accidents around the neighborhood has dropped by 25%. This means that the surveillance camera has a warning effect on driver's specification driving.

The current state government is reviewing proposals that will allow New York City to add hundreds of surveillance cameras to 150 different school districts. Although the proposal received bipartisan support, it has not yet been finalized.

For the proposal, Shirley Chin, the parent of a Chinese student on the scene, said that installing a camera around the school can curb the driver’s fast driving behavior and make the student’s safety more secure. I believe most parents will fully support it. However, some people also believe that the camera is just an excuse for the government to obtain more fines. At present, New York City is penalized for violations of speeding at 50$, and it can get government revenue of 100 million dollars each year.