Aperture Science Security Camera

"To ensure the safe performance of all authorized activities, do not destroy vital testing apparatus."

- GLaDOS

Security cameras are used by GLaDOS in the Aperture Science Enrichment Center to monitor test subjects' movements.

Overview

 * Placing a linked portal underneath a camera will cause it to be detached, followed by a warning from GLaDOS, in which she refers to the camera as "testing apparatus".


 * The cameras can rotate 360 degrees, and they follow the players' movements within Test Chambers.


 * As well as its main video camera, the security camera appears to have a small device attached on the side, which possibly monitors infrared radiation from the body heat of living creatures.


 * Not a single security camera is featured in any of the maintenance areas or observation rooms of Aperture Laboratories, and it is therefore unknown how, or even whether, GLaDOS can monitor Chell's movements during her escape. Her calls through the Speaker System do not strongly connote that she is able to monitor the escapee.

Trivia

 * Several detached security cameras can be found in Ratman dens, along with the message "She's watching you."


 * An Orange Box Achievement, "Camera Shy", requires the player to detach all security cameras from the walls.


 * Just like GLaDOS herself, the security cameras are reminiscent of HAL 9000, the murderous AI computer of 2001: A Space Odyssey.

List of appearances

 * Portal
 * ApertureScience.com