--- title: "New Talking Security Camera Has Robot Gun to Shoot People With Teargas" description: "A Slovenian startup plans to make robotic home security cameras that can yell preset threats at intruders and shoot them with teargas." date: "2024-04-20" modified: "2024-04-20" authors: - name: "Noor Al-Sibai" job_title: "Senior Staff Writer" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/nooralsibai" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/talking-security-camera-shoots-teargas" categories: - "Robotics" - "Robots and Machines" tags: - "camera" - "facial recognition" - "home security" - "the digest" --- # New Talking Security Camera Has Robot Gun to Shoot People With Teargas ![A Slovenian startup plans to make robotic home security cameras that can yell preset threats at intruders and shoot them with teargas.]() *\Image: PaintCam Eve\* ## Paint It Black The home panopticon is approaching, and apparently it'll be able to detect people with AI, scream at them, and then shoot them with either paintballs or teargas. Known as "PaintCam Eve" — or EVA, depending on which [part of the website]() run by the Slovenia-based OZ-IT's startup you're checking out — this autonomous camera is a "vigilant guardian that doesn’t sleep, blink, or miss a beat." According to its website, the autonomous camera has three levels of fanciness — Eve, Eve+, and Eve Pro — that progressively allow users to turn their cameras on and off, detect animals, and at its most powerful detect faces. In a very strange promo video narrated, seemingly, by a female voice pretending to be the camera itself, OZ-IT boasts that its Paintcam is "equipped with an integrated paintball launcher" — which, of course, is another term for "paintball gun" that also, it seems, can shoot teargas too. "You are identified as a non-authorized personnel," the camera is heard shouting at a grinning would-be robber in the video. "You have five seconds to leave the property." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0thc4ADhZgQ ## Don't Shoot Along with live monitoring and "customizable alerts," which makes it sound like you can program the camera to say whatever you want it to say, the website also boasts that if intruders don't go away upon initial warning, it can shoot them with its "paintball and teargas activation" capabilities. "If an unknown face appears next to someone known — perhaps your daughter’s new boyfriend — PaintCam defers to your instructions," the site boasts. "It’s security on your terms, even if your kids don’t always follow them \[sic\]." Currently, it's unclear when Eve/EVA will be released or how much it will cost, though as the website teases, OZ-IT will be [launching a Kickstarter campaign]() to fund it on April 23. How retro! As with every other piece of increasingly [creepy and intrusive]() home security tech, we have lots of questions. What if, for instance, a [militant bird lover]() buys a Paintcam and decides to gas their neighbors' cats when they come a-hunting? And what if racists looking for an excuse to shoot at minorities [use this kind of technology]()? Most importantly, however, we're dying to know: who the hell asked for this? **More on AI hometech:** [*Apple Secretly Working on AI Robot That Follows You Around The House*]() ## Author At Futurism, I've often been drawn to unpacking the narratives that underlie technological, scientific and medical progress, with a special interest in areas of conflict and ambiguity that end up setting agendas and steering the fates of both elites and the hoi polloi. I'm a committed generalist, but I often find myself returning to work involving NASA and the private space sector, the effects of AI on media and society, and the mechanics of the pharmaceutical industry, with a specific focus on the spread of GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy. Prior to Futurism, I worked for publications ranging from Media Matters and Truthdig to Raw Story and Bustle. I'm also the author of "Myspace Scene Queens," a 2024 title in Instar Books' acclaimed "Remember the Internet" series. My work at Futurism has been cited by outlets including the New Yorker, Slate, Nieman Lab, the Verge, the MIT Technology Review, the Sunday Times, and the Daily Beast. I grew up in North Carolina, attended the University of North Carolina at Asheville, and now live in Brooklyn, New York. In my free time, I'm an avid reader and music fan; you can probably find me at a local poetry reading, concert, underground rave, or DJ set. I'm the proud parent of an ineffable orange cat named Mee-Mow. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()