On Mon, 17 Dec 2012 15:23:52 +0000, Roger Mills wrote:
The idea seems to be that when (if) it detects an intruder or a fire in
your home, it sends you and SMS message - together with photos of
whatever its camera can see - prompting you to contact the police or
fire brigade from wherever you happen to be.

Anyone come across this sort of system? Would it actually work?

No. It's an utterly useless idea, because I don't have a mobile phone :-)