If you want to spy on your cleaners or your children, Pittsburgh-based Probotics has the perfect device for you: Spy-Cye, a robot that lets anyone with a PC and Internet connection check on their home from elsewhere. Program a path for Spy-Cye to follow, and the onboard video system records whatever’s going on. Log on to the website (www.web-bots.com) with user name and password, click on a room to view, and voilˆ, the screen shows what Spy-Cye saw as it made its way through your home.About 5 inches tall and 16 inches wide, Spy-Cye ($995) can do more than snoop. A wagon ($89) that can tote up to 10 pounds turns the robot into a personal butler, and there are also vacuum cleaning attachments ($89 to $129). Spy-Cye goes about 3 feet per second for two to three hours before it returns to its unit for recharging. It can run 24 hours straight as a stationary surveillance camera.For those homes already staffed with butlers and maids, a simpler device is available from New York City-based Xanboo. It offers a monitoring and control package with color video cameras, software, sensors and appliance control products. With a Xanboo account, you monitor your home through real-time video, time-stamped images, sensor updates and notifications by e-mail, pager, text messaging cell phone or PDA. The package, including one camera with a motion sensor, starts at $149. Both surveillance options can be used in the office, but Bill Diamond, copresident of Xanboo, admits employees might balk at cameras in their workspaces. Related content BrandPost The future of trust—no more playing catch up Broadcom: 2023 Tech Trends That Transform IT By Eric Chien, Director of Security Response, Symantec Enterprise Division, Broadcom Mar 31, 2023 5 mins Security BrandPost TCS gives Blackhawk Network an edge with Microsoft Cloud In this case study, Blackhawk Network’s Cara Renfroe joins Tata Consultancy Services’ Rakesh Kumar and Microsoft’s Nilendu Pattanaik to explain how TCS transformed the gift card company’s customer engagement and global operati By Tata Consultancy Services Mar 31, 2023 1 min Financial Services Industry Cloud Computing IT Leadership BrandPost How TCS pioneered the ‘borderless workspace’ with Microsoft 365 Microsoft’s modern workplace solution proved a perfect fit for improving productivity and collaboration, while maintaining security of systems and data. By Tata Consultancy Services Mar 31, 2023 1 min Financial Services Industry Microsoft Cloud Computing BrandPost Supply chain decarbonization: The missing link to net zero By improving the quality of global supply chain data, enterprises can better measure their true carbon footprint and make progress toward a net-zero business ecosystem. By Tata Consultancy Services Mar 31, 2023 2 mins Retail Industry Supply Chain Green IT Podcasts Videos Resources Events SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER From our editors straight to your inbox Get started by entering your email address below. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe