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CatCam by Juergen Perthold - this great project involved taking a digital camera and some additional equipment to create a camera that his cat wore around his neck which took pictures every 3 minutes. The pictures are great. The cat got photos of several other cats and seemed to like cars.
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For the second try I used the plastic package of a child toy (Kinderueberraschung), put a stone in it for loading it with some weight and attached it again to the cat collar. This time the part returned - dirty and scratched outside, water inside. What the hell is the cat doing !? This raised the requirements for the camera protective housing a lot
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Big moment no. 1: attach the collar with the camera to the cat. The reaction was not very happy but finally accepted. Reality check passed 
This is my favorite home engineering project. The concept is great. The explanation of the technology is great. The adjustment to real life situations is great. The end result (the photos) is great. This wins the non-existent Curious Cat Cool Contraption award. If someone doesn’t start selling prefabricated cat cameras I will be very surprised (if I was more enterprising I would do it myself). Maybe J. Perthold will, in any event he should inspire many to try making their own.
Related: The Cat and a Black Bear - Automatic Cat Feeder - The sub-$1,000 UAV Project
Update: site moved to a new host (after exceeding bandwidth limitation) and “CatCam fan pages and CatCam orders soon. I will also move the remaining parts of my WebWorld here.”
Update 2: order yours now.
Update 3: The Engineer That Made Your Cat a Photographer based on an interview of Juergen Perthold by John Hunter:
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June 4th, 2007 at 6:27 am
Those are some very interesting pics. Cool project. I wonder if anyone has done the same thing with a dog?
June 5th, 2007 at 12:37 am
Very cool!!!
June 5th, 2007 at 11:10 am
I wish my cat had one!
My third attempt now! I am no good at maths!
June 5th, 2007 at 7:29 pm
Thank you! The new site is: Mr. Lee CatCam
June 5th, 2007 at 9:32 pm
CatCam - Innovation from outside the box!…
This is cool! Ever wonder what would happen if you put a small camera on a cat and followed him through a day in the woods? Take a trip to the Curious Cat Science and Engineering Blog to read and view more about this project!…
June 6th, 2007 at 8:24 pm
Among the things we learn from this is that cats like to meet underneath cars…
hat tip: Curious Cat Science and Engineering Blog, which is not normally about cats.
June 10th, 2007 at 5:29 pm
[...] You can now order your CatCam (or components to help put together your own) from Juergen Perthold the creator of the wonderful CatCam [...]
June 20th, 2007 at 8:46 am
“My ultimate goal is to have enough power from wind and solar sources to power a small cabin and observatory on my remote property that will only be occupied occasionally and won’t have much need for electricity…”
June 22nd, 2007 at 1:23 am
[...] Lee’s CatCam I just discovered CatCam, by reading about it over on Curious Cat, a Science and Engineering Blog, and it has made me very happy. If you are a cat nut, you need to check this out for yourself, over [...]
August 28th, 2007 at 2:28 pm
My cat keeps disappearing for 3 - 4 weeks at a time. I wish she had a catcam on her.
September 14th, 2007 at 1:27 pm
[...] engineering story. See our past post for some background on how an engineer allowed you to help your cat become a photographer. On the development of the CatCam Jürgen Perthold says, “More or less it was just a joke, [...]
September 19th, 2007 at 3:31 pm
[...] Make Your Cat into a Photographer by John Hunter This is quite a fun post! And it’s a very interesting project! Have you ever wondered what your cat does when you’re not around? Here is how you find out! [...]
February 13th, 2008 at 8:14 pm
This is so cool!!! I think this was an awesome idea!
March 18th, 2008 at 9:36 pm
“I went for a long walk with the camera. Perhaps a bit too long, because she was looking for me everywhere. Anyway, she was very pleased when I came home with the camera and a mouse.”
March 20th, 2008 at 2:38 am
That’s a creative way of having fun with cats!
April 13th, 2008 at 5:14 pm
A cat owner wanted to find out what his cat was doing all day. Why it was coming home hungry or full, or with traces of fights…
April 20th, 2008 at 7:15 am
a very nice way to know where our cat is leading its way!! amazing and great technology!! Really liked it!
September 16th, 2008 at 10:11 am
I think the picture was really cute and then I suddenly realized that this is not one of those cat pics. Well the cat’s cute but there was a technical twist and that was there was a camera to it!
I am not sure how the cat takes it, cant it just paw it and remove it?