Now here's a nifty way of popping your head over the fence to ogle the chapess next door without being spotted or otherwise denounced as a pervy interloper. Instead of popping your head over the fence from a height of 1.8 metres, pop it over the fence in the virtual sense, from a height of up to 25 metres.

Permit us to explain and expound. In all our years of deconstructing fiendishly complex gadgetry here in the lab, deep underground at gadgetshop HQ, we've never before come across a fusion of technologies so inspired as a high performance kite with a remotely-controlled digital camera slung underneath it.

Now, Spanish kit supremos eolo are among the very first to do just that, with a brilliantly innovative piece of design that enables one to take digital quality images from nearly 80 feet up - and see your surroundings in a whole new light. Once safely landed, simply decouple the camera and upload the images to your PC via USB. Easy.

The delta wing kite looks the business, too, if we may say so, giving the Spy Kit all the stability you need to take truly first-rate snaps and create your very own version of Google Earth, albeit with a more low-level feel.

Then there's only one thing left on your shopping list. For once you've got your Spy Kite, all you'll need is a Spy Kid to go with it.