Lookout

Lookout is an intelligent camera based on a Raspberry Pi (with camera module) and AWS.

A detailed blog series can be found on the 2412labs blog at https://2412labs.io/lookout/aws/raspi/2017/10/23/lookout-smart-aws-camera-part1-intro.html.

TL;DR - install aws stack:

1. Clone the lookout repo.

git clone https://github.com/2412labs/lookout.git
cd lookout

2. Edit the Makefile (vi Makefile) and update these variables with your S3 bucket and region:

BUCKET := YOUR-BUCKET
REGION := us-east-1

3. Run the release target - this will package, deploy, copy test images and faces, and index faces from img/faces (you can add your own jpg files to this folder for facial recognition and announce by name):

make release

TL;DR - raspi camera

1. Requirements:
   • Python3
   • AWSIoTPythonSDK, Boto3, OpenCV, Numpy and picamera modules
   • An AWS IoT thing (for the camera)
   • Certs for the AWS IoT thing
   • aws credentials in ~/.aws
2. Get the code:

git clone https://github.com/2412labs/lookout.git
cd lookout/device/camera
sudo python3 setup.py install

3. Configure the example code - add your values to conf.json:

cd lookout/device/camera/example
cp -r YOUR_THING_CERTS/ certs/
cp conf_example.json conf.json
vi conf.json

4. Run python3 -u cameraThingExample.py -c conf.json