Thanks @flarup! Now get back to work on your book 🙏 Hey there, Product Hunters. Perhaps ‘hunters’ is bit ironic – as hunting is exactly what this camera isn’t about. I wanted to see the everyday wildlife that lived around me, but unfortunately every camera I came across wanted me to be a trophy hunter (with a seemingly infinite number of AA batteries and the patience to navigate interfaces last updated in 1995). That was a real bummer to find out. Why couldn’t I just appreciate and learn about those I’m sharing space with? Why was all the tech so dated and hard to use? I really wanted a smart camera that worked for animals, not against them. So if you can’t find it, built it, right? You know the drill. Behold is a little camera that will connect to your home, or a cellular, network – and send you a notification containing a photo and some video whenever it detects an animal nearby. It’s got a few more tricks up its sleeves – with automatic animal classification it knows who is visiting and enables you to dive into a world of interesting data. How often does that moose visit? It’s a full moon tomorrow, will that badger be back? Did an owl eat my kebab? Does the time the fox show up coincide with the time my neighbour stops playing drums? (spoiler: yes) Something extra cool? All wildlife data is collected anonymously and contributes to a large, open-source data set for conversationalists and hobbyists alike. You may ask what some fintech software guy like me is doing messing around with cameras, and you’d be 100% correct. What I lack I knowledge I make up for in passion, and we all know passion alone can pay the bills. The project is in it’s infancy and I’ve got numerous challenges ahead (global what shortage?) – but I thought I’d open it up to the wonderful community here and get some early feedback, and much needed support. Following along in Behold’s development on Twitter or Instagram would mean a lot to me. I hope that by making the world around us more accessible we’ll be inclined to do our part in treating it a better. Pete.

You’ve got more neighbours than you think. My friend Pete has been working on this fantastic little camera to track and share your local wildlife. I can't wait to get one to set up in our garden.

Interesting, I've been in the market for a trail camera and the traditional hunting cams like Browning and Cabela's never quite did it for me. I'm going to look into the Behold.