Who Stole the
Sandwich?
XCam2 catches the sandwich thief at X10.com
A sandwich is just a sandwich, right? Not when its yours,
and not when youre hungry. And what do you do if you go down to the refrigerator at
lunch to retrieve that sandwich, only to find that some as of yet unnamed coworker has
absconded with it? Well thats what was happening right here at the X10 headquarters.
Every couple days, Katie would bring her lunch (usually a sandwich
and a drink) to work and stick it in the refrigerator of the company lunchroom. Every now
and again, certain choice tidbits of those lunches were turning up missing. Whats
the world coming to when your lunch isnt even safe? So XCam2 with XRay Vision and the Hot Body Detector Kit
to the rescue. Thats right, were going to rescue ourselves.
We set up the XCam2 on the candy machine across the room so that we could get a clear
view of the fridge. We hooked up the video
receiver to Katie's computer which had the XRay Vision software! We then
installed a Hawkeye Motion Detector so it would detect motion only when someone neared the
refrigerator. So every time someone neared the refrigerator, the Hawkeye Motion would send
a signal to a remote chime located near her desk. Katie would then open "XRay
Vision" on her PC and view the LIVE action! She also set up the software to take a
snapshot every 5 seconds if motion was detected near the refrigerator, just in case she
wasn't at her desk.
The trap was set!
Well sure enough, it wasnt long before we had what we were looking for. The
perpetrator made his appearance. Katie was in a meeting at the time, so she missed the
chime. After the meeting she went to get her lunch, but unfortunately she was just a
little late. Ralph beat her to her own lunch. Now Katie didnt know who got it, but
the XCam2 did. She ran into her office and checked the log of images over the last hour.
It only took 2 minutes to find out who took her sandwich! He was caught red handed,
sandwich in hand.
Needless to say, Ralph doesnt steal lunches anymore. Nor does he dare bring his
own. Some people take longer to forgive than others. Its also worth noting that
weve figured out whos been taking the last of the coffee and not fixing a new
pot. Youll be happy to know its not Ralph.
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