8 DIY home security systems burglars would hate to take on
These days homes are brimmed full with high-end gadgets, expensive goodies, and much more. And don’t bank on the fact that some notorious bloke hasn’t got a keen eye on your hard earned treasure. Home thefts and instances of burglary are on a rise these days, and it’s high time you get a high-end home security system to avoid any thefts in your home. But wait a minute, high-end home security systems don’t come cheap so you can opt out for some other option. That other option is building your own home security/surveillance system, a DIY activity that can save you money. I’m sure you’ll like the DIY home security systems listed below, and venture out on building one for yourself.
# WiFi home surveillance system
This DIY shows you how to make a remote surveillance system for monitoring your home, camp or your apartment using custom applications. In addition to that it details-in on the steps to take this DIY make process a step further, converting it into WiFi internet surveillance network.
# Build a basic Laser security system
A very basic kind of security system that can be installed at the main entry of the home, or any other important area that you suspect could be a vulnerable spot. Made from a digital camera, laser pointers, couple of mirrors and resistors; the DIY laser security system is something you can bank on when out of home.
# Homemade surveillance camera in a jiffy
For this DIY you’ll need a webcam, preferably USB webcam or a webcam with wireless transmission capabilities. The DIY make gives you the liberty of taking still shot images or video capture options whenever movement is detected.
# Top-notch laser-beam alarm system
Inspired from the Brad Graham & Kathy McGowan project, this high end DIY project is something that will bust those notorious thieves. Some basic things that you’ll need for this DIY are capacitors, resistors, photocell, IC boards, Piezo siren and battery.
# Webcam turned into security cam on Ubuntu Linux
NOTE: you can refer to this hack for the DIY that is given below.
Again a webcam project, but one that runs on your Ubuntu Linux OS using motion detection software called Motion that can be installed using Synaptic Package Manager GUI. Ok, if all that is getting too confusing for you then head straight over to the project website for complete details.
# Laser trip wire that tweets intruder's picture
The DIY is fairly simple with the main ingredient being the good old Arduino along with the random stuff like a Laser, mirror, regular wire, hacksaw/knife, straw/ballpoint pen and Breadboard. To compliment the hardware you’ll need Linux OS, Processing IDE, Curl and a web cam for imagery input assistance.
# DIY home security system using Skype video calling
For this easy home security setup you’ll need to have two separate accounts with Skype video calling service, a home computer with webcam and internet access. Now use one account to auto answer calls at your home, and this will automatically start-up the home webcam whenever you want to monitor. Now at the other end you can call the first Skype account to pop-up the webcam video feed.
# Remote Home security system
To build this DIY project you need modems, encoder, micro-controller, RF Trans Receiver and decoder among other things that you can get easily.
