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How to use a spare laptop and webcam as an Internet-based baby monitor

Posted on February 5, 2015

babyIf you have a spare laptop and webcam laying around your house, you have at your fingertips all you need to set up an outstanding free baby monitor.

It doesn’t have to be a top-of-the-line laptop either. You can easily use one that has been sitting on a shelf gathering dust for a couple of years (as long as it still works).

All you need to do is open a free Google + account to use as the digital “connection” between your spare laptop’s webcam and your smart phone. Here’s how to set it up, step-by-step:  [Read more…]






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