Canon has launched a new camera that automatically takes photos in the home using facial recognition. The PowerShot PX, which is released in the UK and Europe today for £449.99 (€500), is like having'your own personal photographer', but scaled down into a five-inch-tall device. It automatically captures still imagery and video and can'prioritise certain faces' – such as for someone's birthday party. The camera can pan, tilt and zoom into a scene in the home, whether it's a'spontaneous family dance-off' or friends around the dinner table. While Canon claims that the new camera is ideal for families, it has been widely criticised on social media, with many users branding it'creepy'.

Engineers have created a creepy prototype webcam shaped just like the human eye, called the Eyecam. Inspired by animatronics, Eyecam attaches to the front of a computer monitor and looks left and right – and even blinks – while tracking the face of each individual during a video call. At first glance, it looks scarily realistic, right down to the wrinkles in the skin, the individual hairs that make up the eyebrows and the red vessels over the white of the eye. Eyecam – which is comprised of motors surrounded by 3D-printed silicone – is open source, meaning you could create your own version at home. Most webcams are too small to be seen - but it's unlikely you'll have the same problem with Eyecam, which has been created because'eyes are crucial for communication' Comedian Lewis Spears discovers Prince Philip's death live on-stage St. Vincent PM: Vaccinated cruise ship passengers evacuated first Eyecam has been created by Marc Teyssier and his team at the Human-Computer Interaction Lab at Saarland University, Germany.