Silver Reed America, the typewriter and computer paper company with a base in Barrington Illinois, has introduced the world’s smallest copier: it’s about the size of an electric razor, is battery-powered, and weighs under 2 lbs; it has an automatic paper feed, and shuts off by itself – and before you ask, one uses it to copy cheques and little numbers – we foresee these handy little gadgets becoming de rigueur for the industrial espionage set.