It’s amazing to see just how many old iOS devices people have lying around. The rapid pace of The New World of Technology has relegated many older iPhones, iPod Touches, and even some iPads to dust-collection status. These devices are often perfectly good but newer devices are just so much faster and offer more features that their owners simply have little need to use their old devices. Selling them is often a pain, so they just sit around unused. Wouldn’t it be nice if you could find a use for your old iDevice and help protect your home or loved ones at the same time?
Manything is an innovative new service that turns your iOS 5+ device (including that old iPod touch or iPhone collecting dust in a drawer) into a free WiFi video camera. The Manything iOS app (free, App Store) records and streams video via the cloud to your manything.com account and allows you watch it remotely in real-time, view recorded sessions and make and share clips.
Compatible devices include:
- iPhone 3GS, 4, 4S, 5
- iPod Touch 4th and 5th generation
- iPad 2,3,4
- iPad mini
If you have an unused iOS 5 device around, that solves problem 1 above. The second problem (the recurring fee for the service) is also covered because the Manything service is free during the beta period. After that, pricing for the storage is reasonable: 1GB is free, 3GB is $3 per month, 10GB is $8 per month, and 50GB is $15 per month.
The service includes:
- Live monitoring
- Sound & movement detection
- Unlimited devices
- Clip sharing
Let’s start making a security cam:
1. Download the Manything app on your iOS device or devices.
2. Run the app and register through Facebook or email.
3. Log in and select “Record using this device” on the device you want use as your at-home security cam.
4. Select “View my cameras” on your second Apple device for remote live monitoring and to receive push notifications and email alerts on-the-go. This is optional, since you can also use the Manything Web app to watch video live, access recorded clips, and make adjustments to your settings.
5. You can either stop here and get started using Manything’s basic video monitoring on your iOS device( or launch IFTTT to create the Manything/Belkin WeMo Switch recipe).
6. Select Manything as your “If” and the Belkin WeMo Switch as your “Then” to create the following recipe: “If my iPod Touch/iPad/iPhone detects motion, then turn my WeMo Switch on then off.”
7. Now you can sit back and let Manything and IFTTT send you notifications based on motion triggers — and all for free (assuming you already have a spare iOS device kicking around at home and other IFTTT-compatible gadgets like Belkin WeMo Switches or Philips Hue LEDs).
So, now you have a WiFi security camera.
Overall, this is a good example of putting old technology to good use. So if you have some older iDevices lying around, give the Manything App a try and let me know how it works out for you.
Have an older iOS device lying around? Turn it into a security camera
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