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Tom’s Hardware
Tom’s Hardware
Technology
Mark Tyson

The Christmas Present Peeker Trap uses an ESP32 Cam board, photoresistor, buzzer, and connected app to catch even the sneakiest of gift glimpsers

The (Christmas) Present Peeker Trap .

Are you a maker and suspect that you have a festive sneak‑a‑looker in your home? Well, the Makerinator has returned with the perfect project for you, dubbed the (Christmas) Present Peeker Trap. In brief, it’s a couple of microcontrollers, connected to a camera, photoresistor, buzzer, and software stack to send SMS, save video to the cloud, and serve a video of the dastardly peeker, wrapped nicely in a dedicated app.

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