[Accessing the user’s camera using only Javascript.][link] No flash. Performance isn’t real-time on my old MacBook Pro, but it’s “good enough” for things like single shots (e.g. a Photo Booth).
5 years ago this would’ve been voodoo of a high caliber, now it’s one line of jQuery. (via [Waxy][via])
[link]: http://wolframhempel.github.com/photobooth-js/ “Photobooth.js”
[via]: http://waxy.org/links/ “Waxy Links”