Chapter 6. Building a Cloud Spy Camera

We are now going to build a very famous project for secret agents: a spy camera. This will be a camera that can be, for example, installed in a room behind a set of books and help you in monitoring the room from another location.

We are going to build two projects based on the same hardware. These will be the key topics covered in this chapter:

• The first project will be a spy camera that takes a picture every time motion is detected in front of it and uploads it to your Dropbox account. The pictures will then be accessible to the spy from anywhere in the world.
• Finally, we'll end the chapter by making the camera stream live videos on a local Wi-Fi network. This will be perfect for a spy who wants to see what's happening in a room while being hidden in another room or outside. Let's dive in!