Yawcam revolutionized low-cost surveillance with its built-in motion detection. Users could define sensitivity levels, and upon detection, Yawcam could: Save an image to the local hard drive. Upload the image to an FTP server. Send an email notification. 3. Time Lapse and Image Capturing
Strengths
One of Yawcam's strongest features is its integrated webserver. It allows you to host your webcam stream directly from your computer, which means you don't need a third-party streaming service to share your video feed with others. Users can simply enter the IP address of your computer to view the live feed. 2. Motion Detection
Yawcam was designed around a simple philosophy: eliminate the bloat of proprietary camera utilities while keeping the configuration process highly visual and accessible. Written in Java, it runs seamlessly across multiple Windows environments, turning any standard USB webcam or integrated laptop camera into a network-accessible security device.

