I started making a post about this device thinking it was pretty silly. But as I thought about it, it is actually kind of cool (but still kinda silly), though I'd have wanted one or two more features. What is it? The iSeePet (okay, we can stop putting 'i' before everything now. It is just as bad as 'e'.). This device offers remote monitoring and feeding of your pet. In simple terms, it's an automated feeder that happens to have a webcam attached to it. So, while you are at work you can feed your pet and then get a close-up of it eating. Be sure to check out the promotional VTR (It looks like it is a japanese product actually) on the web site. Oh yeah, it is linux based too. I wonder what else you could hack it to do. Maybe add a food request button that would send you an email or text message that your pet wants food. And at the very least it should let you listen in at your home, or maybe you should be able to send a voice message to it to play for your pet (think of it as iChat A/V for your pet). The only problem is the price. $500 seems a bit steep.

This could be the start of a whole range of products. I can just see it, next we'll have the iSeeKid, for parents who have to work late.