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> A few years ago someone kept trying to steal my motorcycle, so I decided to make a small camera with really long battery life to catch them.

The camera seems really cool. But given that the device has no way to get photos off it without physical access, it seems like this wouldn't be super useful for your original purpose. If someone just takes the camera (or manages to successfully steal your motorcycle), then then camera doesn't provide any value.

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I don't think the camera goes on the motorcycle.

Yeah my plan was to hide it in the garage's rafters. (I ended up moving out of my apartment complex anyway though, so I ended up not needing it for that anyway.)

That makes a lot more sense :) Although you still have the problem of someone potentially finding it.

The one use case he mentions could also be satisfied by a $50 trail camera with video capability, better photo quality, better low light performance and better motion sensing.

I'm really struggling to figure out why people are excited about this. Do they not know trail cameras exist?

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