He's watching you, in the kitchen
The server will be running on the raspi located in the kitchen. Clients can connect and retrieve raw images upon request.
Information is first compressed by an OpenCV function into a buffer of ushorts (unsigned int). This is then sent over a socket to the client.
the correct endinanness must be observed
--INSTALL INSTRUCTIONS--
gentoo: emerge opencv scons
arch: yaourt scons opencv
ubuntu: use a better linux (or proceed to tearing your hair out)