A nice practical Pi project, this one. This Pi enthusiast was worried that one of his 5 cats had disappeared. (Aside: Why would anyone want 5 cats? 5??? Anyway…)
So, with the theory that the cat returned at night to sleep, he decided to try and capture the cat sleeping on camera. Using a webcam and Camorama software, he was able to capture the image he wanted and confirm that the cat was not, in fact, lost, just out all day. He later refined the project so that instead of capturing an image every 5 minutes, the camera would be motion-activated.