Selfies

It's simply not enough to snag photos of impressive views when on holiday these days, we all need to be right there in the shot. Panasonic's Lumix DC-ZS70 (TZ90) travel camera caters to the selfie mad tourist with a flip-up touchscreen display to help capture high resolution selfies with ease.

​Yuneec’s Breeze drone is designed for serious selfie snappers more interested in photos than flying. The drone sends the shots straight to a user’s smartphone ready for social media, but now the company has added a livestream feature that gives your friends and followers a live drone’s-eye view.

We all know the trademarks of a bad selfie: Unflattering angles, front-camera distortion, distracting backgrounds. Adobe is testing artificial intelligence tools to automatically correct these common issues and infuse selfies with more pleasing portraiture effects.

The AirSelfie is the latest flying camera to zoom into the drone selfie arena, and may just be the least cumbersome one we've seen, with the ability to slide away into the user's smartphone cover when not in use.

Yuneec is known for a few professional-grade drones like the feature-packed Typhoon series, but now the company is targeting a more casual breed of pilot with the selfie-taking Breeze.

​​Millions of selfies are snapped every day, but they often fail to accurately portray reality, featuring unflattering distortions. A new tool could change that, allowing selfies to be adjusted, giving the impression that they’re taken from a little farther away, or from a slightly different angle.​

The newly announced Hover Camera is the latest addition to the portable fleet of selfie drones, and with automated flight modes and a carbon fiber protective casing it could land as one of the more user-friendly solutions on the market.

Professional videographers often use rigs that include something known as a gimbal to keep their shots straight, but gimbal sticks are often heavy, big and/or expensive. Enter Smoovie, a Kickstarter product that could put the power of gimbal stability in your pocket.​

In some ways, selfie-snapping drones seem a natural progression from outstretched arms and ever-lengthening selfie sticks. Roam-e is the latest drone to take aim at self-portraiture, and armed with facial recognition technology it is promised to always keep you in the frame.

If paying for something with your smartphone still seems like a strange concept, then news that you'll soon be able to do so with a selfie is likely all the more confusing. Indeed, though, MasterCard is set to roll-out both facial recognition and fingerprint payment authorization.

The PolarPro PowerGrip H2O is a waterproof selfie stick with an integrated battery, which can live-charge a GoPro camera underwater. Currently looking for funding on Kickstarter, the PowerGrip H2O also boasts three extension lengths and accessories including a waterproof LED light.

Lenovo's newest smartphones include the Vibe P1 sporting a huge 5,000 mAh battery and the Vibe S1 boasting the first dual selfie cameras.