Are these cameras gimmicky or are they something more? Things That Blew Us Away Rob: At the time of recording, the Omicron variant of Coronavirus has an “R” value of 10. We can’t find that video now and what we can find all point to an R value of 2 or 3. Christen: Core 77’s Best of Cool Tools Spotted in 2021 Next time: An autonomous vacuum that has a camera built into it. Clean your house and take your next video call on your vacuum.