Blink’s Arc Accessory Lets You Merge Two Security Cameras for a 180-Degree View

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Amazon’s budget security brand, Blink, announced two new cameras during the company’s fall hardware event in New York City: the Blink Mini 2K+ and the Blink Outdoor 2K+. As the names suggest, these cameras sport 2K resolution to pick up more details. But it's the Blink Arc accessory that makes these security cameras more interesting.

The Arc can combine two cameras and stitch the feeds together for a complete 180-degree view. The product of some glue-gun experimentation, a borrowed 3D printer, and some nifty AI tools, this accessory came together in just 60 days. “There’s this fatal flaw with pan/tilt cameras,” says Jonathan Cohn, head of product at Blink. “The cliché Mission Impossible scene, where they ...