The Swann ThumbCam: mini digital video camera is one of them gadgets which does what it says on the tin. A thumb is a perfect representation of its best feature, its minuscule size and weight. This really is a device you could take anywhere. You wouldn’t even notice it is in your pocket.

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In the future, when we all have electronic eyes, we will be able to record all we do through the sensor in the pupil, and directly into our positronic brains. From there, we will put our interface finger into the computer, and upload all we know. For now the Swann MDV-450 Action Camera will have to do. This 90mm long cylindrical camera is a tough and light, and made for those without bionic eyes to record their action sports adventures. With a RRP of £89.99, would it be cheaper to become Steve Austin?

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“So we meet again.” That is what you can say to your arch enemy once you have spied him creeping into your lair through your network of hidden cameras. Have you ever wondered what cameras rent-a-villain would use? Perhaps they would be using the Audio Spycam by Swann, a small and discrete camera with an attached microphone that is designed primarily for covert observation, but could also be used as a teaching aid, or for looking in hard to see areas, like the back of the sofa or down a hole.

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Have you ever thought you might like to record the conversation you had with a colleague regarding the idea you could have sworn you said you had, but has somehow become a co-workers? Or perhaps would like to know who keeps stealing your Post-It notes. Maybe you would like to have the verbal quote the builder gave you on record? All this is now possible with the Swann PenCam DVR-421, a ball point pen that contains a secret camera.

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