The police say that over the weekend, officers found the poles the cameras were mounted on had been cut down and the cameras were gone. Flock cameras are stirring controversy across the country as they compile license plate and other vehicle details in a national database.
While they cost that much, they are worth probably way less.
Basically worth the cost if a RaspberryPi with camera and a couple 18650 batteries.
Funny enough - raspberry pi prices have jumped up dramatically! So win win!
Well if there actually was an RPi in those boxes, they would make even more interesting targets.
If someone can change the boot loader it would be funny to reverse engineer these things, mod them, add mesh networking, and put them back up.
It’s a similar SoM.
Nice. Octacore 1.8GHz A53 from Qalcomm. OK, 2GB RAM is a bit lean, but at least they use a documented SoM. So those cameras could actually be a worthwhile organ donor.
And the battery pack looks beefy, too!