Wireless webcam

I'm looking for a "mac friendly" wireless webcam that that I can use to keep an I eye on my sleeping kids while I'm working out. I want to view the video on my MBP. I assume I should be looking for one that doesn't rely on Active X to display the video feed. I would appreciate some input from people's experiences with this.

If you want a WLAN-capable camera I'd suggest one of the Y-Cams. I'm using the Y-Cam Black with its (optional) outdoor enclosure. It has automatic night sight and can send images should anything move via E-Mail or FTP. It also has a microphone.
The drawback is that (IE) ActiveX live video is more fluid than MJPEG used on other browsers, but it works fine and I couldn't find a better value/money product when I bought it half a year ago. Reviews said that it totally outperformed other models in the same price range.
I've also set it up to be accesible via WAN, so I can view it from anywhere in the world. Since it comes with its own small Linux (configured with a browser) there's no host computer needed. It just connects wirelessly to my router and saves images (if there's something moving) to my server.
http://www.y-cam.com/

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