http://files.channel9.msdn.com/thumbnail/73a01f37-ab0e-4a8d-9189-2805b90c0c78.png Today's Hardware Friday post isn't .Net Micro Framework, Netduino or even Gadgeteer (yeah, I know! Wow!) yet it is hardware related. Plus it's been a while since I've highlighted work from the one and only Scott Hanselman (After seeing him again at //build/... well, MAN that guy can give a talk! If you've never seen him give one, see him give one. And of course you call know you can catch his //build/ sessions on-demand, right?). Anyway, without further ado... Cloud-Controlled Remote Pan Tilt Zoom Camera API for a Logitech BCC950 Camera with Azure and SignalRAs a remote worker for almost 5 years now, I live in video conferences. I feel really strongly about the power of seeing someone's face rather than just being a voice on a scratchy speaker phone. I've build an AutoAnswer Kiosk for Lync with some friends that you can get for free at http://lyncautoanswer.com (and read about the code here), I've got a BusyLight so the kids know I'm on a call, and the Holy Grail for the last few years has been a reliable Pan Tilt Zoom camera that I could control remotely. Related Reading30 Tips for Successful Communication as a Remote Worker The Remote Worker category on this blog A few years ago I super-glued a LifeCam camera to an Eagletron TrackerPod and build a web interface to it. I wanted to do this on the cheap as I can't afford (and my boss is into) a $1500 Panasonic IP Camera. The Solution...er, the Problem.... As Scott so often does, he takes a personal challenge, solves it, shares it with us all the while teaching us how to fish... en Thu, 20 Jun 2013 08:33:24 GMT Thu, 20 Jun 2013 08:33:24 GMT Rev9