Jenny Zhang left New York for Shenzhen last year with a clear plan. She wanted to build a camera that fit right into daily routines without forcing anyone to hold a device or wear something on their face. The result sits in her hair like an ordinary barrette, chunky and white, ready to record whatever passes in front of it.
i invented a hairclip camera and moved from nyc to shenzhen to make it 🙂 pic.twitter.com/5nyBI6mOw9
— jenny z (@cowjuh) April 2, 2026
Zhang is the founder of Computer Angel, a small startup company where she spent months hammering away in workshops to develop her idea into a fully functional prototype. The clip easily snaps into place and keeps securely in place even when you move around; you wouldn’t want to take it off once it’s attached. With the camera positioned directly over the top of your head, the moment you hit the button or even tap it, it begins snapping away.
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The resulting footage appears to be fairly low-resolution, with a quality comparable to those old-school flip phones. The colors are all warm and fuzzy on the edges, giving each clip a unique personality that is far more appealing than the super-sharp, clinical stuff. You receive a hands-free view of your daily life from an angle that your phone simply cannot reach, as if you had a personal cameraman following you around at all times.
Zhang made a point of keeping things lighthearted with design, such as making the clip look like a piece of jewelry first and then a piece of technology, which turns out to be quite significant because people are far more inclined to go for something that looks beautiful on them. Now, the smart glasses that larger businesses are producing are all about packing in mics, speakers, and other aids that can identify things in real time or answer your queries on the fly. Computer Angel’s camera? No way, because there is only one task to do: save what you see, exactly as you see it.
Zhang has yet to announce exact pricing or release dates. She’s keeping the details under wraps while she refines the build, but she’s always glad to share progress on social media, posting test videos and behind-the-scenes looks at the process of transitioning from a sketch to actual hardware.
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