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Butterfleye — The most advanced home security camera ever created
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@fatkidonfire Yes. Absolutely we can use it like this application. @Butterfleyecam also a team offshore (as well as manufacturing in Asia) and we use our own cameras to keep in touch with everyone
I lead the round in Butterfleye.
My basic thinking:
1. Dropcam was a huge success and great product, but sold too soon ($500m would have been $5b two years later)
2. putting a computer, storage and a huge battery (six iphone batteries!!!) into a security camera like Butterfleye has done will create a massive new set of use cases including:
---> a) take the Butterfleye with you from room-to-room, to the park, use on your dashboard
---> b) use the computer in the camera to recognize faces and send smart alerts
---> c) have unlimited storage by plugging in your dropbox, Google drive, etc.
---> d) if you wifi and power go out at home (when really) you are still recording.... for 24+ hours! power comes back, it syncs back up.
This is an amazing startup by a GREAT founder. Really hope everyone takes a moment to buy one or two cameras and support their vision. Hardware is so hard and they are getting it done!
I will pick five random people who buy a camera and take them to lunch at the Battery with me!
@jason Dropcam is a total pain in the ***. Laggy updates (can't be relied on for live feed) and a dependency on their cloud UI/UX to access my data are major pain points. Their new Nest Home is a step back in user experience. If you ever tried to download video from the new interface you know what I mean.
Are mentioned pain points solved in Butterfleye?
I started Butterfleye because I bought every monitoring/home-security camera and none of them solved my problems. Many of my problems led to design decisions and differentiating features inside Butterfleye today. Here are 3 examples:
1) Plenty of cameras out there do a passive 24/7 recording. What if we could put a brain/computer inside the camera. Then the computer and algorithm inside can recognize what's going on around it and behave differently. For example: A)recognize the living room is empty and don't record hours and hours of empty footage. B)recognize when I come home and give me privacy, etc
2) Point & shoot cameras have been battery operated/cordless for years. why we don't have a real cordless monitoring camera that I can setup places with hard to reach power outlets. Or why can't I take the camera on a business trip
3) Wireless connections are just not 100% reliable. What if the camera was smart to recognize this and have built-in back up. If the internet was unavailable or weak then it recorded internally. Kept track of everything and synced up with your smartphone and cloud when connection was solid. Did all of that in the background and without user have to program/adjust things.
Hope you guys like what we are building. Be part of our early adopter community by backing us here:
https://www.indiegogo.com/projec...
Everything here looks really great and I'm very interested to see how it stacks up against things like Dropcam. The Indiegogo campaign looks to be huge as well, which is where my question comes from. Right now, 192 backers raised $341,202, which means the average contribution was a little over $1700. Is there something I'm missing or are there just a ton of people contributing amounts between the "Early Triple Backer" and "Business Backer?"
@codysanfilippo There is one big 'contribution' of $291,000 from Pre-order sales. 
@qdelaoutre Interesting. @bennader_ can you explain. Are those pre-order sales from a previous campaign or sales on your website before your IGG launch?
@codysanfilippo Yes. We have been transparent. We had some reservations from our early early adopters and were able to combine that with new/early adopters.
@meshlakhani Thank you for kind words! 100% of the credit goes to the team. I have been very fortunate to be part of it! Please support us and order a unit!
I see on Indiegogo there is a "Business Backer" option. Does this have a commercial application?
@mrbodenhamer Hi Jeremy. Yes, we have been approached for many different commercial applications. Here are few examples: 1) Small business owners like gym owners, shops, restaurant owners, the dentist office, etc 2) Real estate. The agents want to use it during open house, etc 3)larger retailers
My biggest issue with dropcam was that I couldn't put it outside. Can this help with that?
Seems really nice but not sure how many will pay &260 for the premium features. Wanted to offer my personal take, but happy to be convinced otherwise. To the founder's points above:
1. I don't face my security cameras. Not sure how the face detection will work. It sounds good but I don't know that it would work well in practice. Welcome to be proven wrong.
2. Cordless sounds nice except everywhere I want a security camera I have a plug. That's mainly home and hotel.
3. Wireless can be unreliable but in home and hotel it's pretty darn reliable. Paying for local storage for the 0.1% case doesn't motivate me to pay for the premium.
I don't want to diminish the hard work it takes to pull off a hardware startup. I just wanted to give you my take on whether or not I would buy this versus an existing product.
@bennader_ well done to you and the team. I just made a contribution to your Indiegogo campaign. At Ento Smart Home, we looked at more than 30 different "smart home" video security cameras but none are really smart/thoughtful. Even the Nest Cam disappoints. I really like the fact that it can recognise when the camera is actually useful and then it comes to life and disappears when things are normal. I really like the battery charging instead of wired too.
Can you pleas tell us a bit more about the product roadmap?
@mossibat Thank you for being a supporter! It really means a lot to myself and the team. Sure, let me talk about the roadmap a bit:
Roadmap primarily focuses on the Intelligence and deeper video and audio analytics. The problem it solves for the consumer is around "peace-of-mind" and/or giving them the power to be check on anything that is important. The key here is the "video content" (& audio content) and making sense of it. For example the current device can recognize people, faces, and pets.. the next get can recognize doors and windows being left open or closed.. and certain objects in the home (think stove, coffee pot, etc)
Looks amazing to me. I want to understand the power system. I know it's portable but what if I want to leave in the same place and power it? Can I just leave it plugged in? I have a sofa factory and would love a better way to watch what's happening on the floor. This seems like a good option for that.
@edgarblazona Hi Edgar. Absolutely. You can leave it at the same place and plugged in 24/7. If there is a power outage/etc the battery will kickin and recording (if necessary) will continue. The video would sync when power is back on. When left plugged in everything function as normal.
We would love to have you as a backer!
How does this product perform on outdoor places? Situations like a windy garden, or night view, etc. Will it work?
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