Raspberry

DIY optical zoom
Stepper motor actuates the binoculars, creating an optical zoom lens with the raspberry camera module.

odroid
http://www.hardkernel.com/main/products/prdt_info.php?g_code=G143452239825

elinux
https://elinux.org/RPi-Cam-Web-Interface

ir
https://www.pishop.co.za/store raspberry pi sales

http://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/questions/23182/how-to-stream-video-from-raspberry-pi-camera-and-watch-it-live

http://elinux.org/Rpi_Camera_Module#cite_note-46

https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=43&t=44339 remove IR filter. OV5647 vs 400 grit, or: how to remove the IR filter

https://www.modmypi.com/blog/how-to-replace-the-raspberry-pi-camera-cable

nn
http://www.recantha.co.uk/blog/

https://www.raspberrypi.org/magpi/

https://www.packtpub.com/hardware-and-creative/raspberry-pi-cookbook-python-programmers

links
SerialCameras cmucam provides similar functionality to raspberry