Radio linkup

Modern surveilance technology is remarkable these days, it really is. Take the humble digital baby monitor. These things are a triumph of radio clarity.

We used to put it next to baby’s head so we’d be sure of hearing him if there was a problem, but there really is no need since it’s incredibly sensitive.

In fact, it’ll transmit the sound of someone on the toilet in the next room in digital 5.1 surround sound*.

This sounds wonderful until father-in-law comes over of an evening with a bad dose of irritableness of the bowels. It’s not the sort of music you wish to treat your guests to.

This morning however, it developed a new quirk. Seemingly, someone who lives on the same street has bought the same type of monitor. This is remarkable because the nearest candidates must be three or four houses away.

Thanks to the wonders of low-powered digital broadcasting, I was awakened to the chaos of their normal morning routine. At the press of a button, I could tell what temperature it was in their nursery too, which takes spying to a whole new level in my book.

So if you have recently bought a Tomy digital baby monitor with built in thermometer, and if you told your child “fifty times” about something this morning and have threatened to revoke paddling pool privilages later in the day, then you might want to switch your unit to channel ‘B’.

Thanks.

* - may be exaggerated

UPDATE:
I just realise that this might work both ways and they might be able to hear me. This has opened a world of possibility. Ghost noises and evil cackles are the most obvious. Ideas on a postcard please.

Add comment July 11th, 2005