When it's time to hit the road, these gadgets will help make the trip easier and a lot more fun.
1. USB Wi-Fi Cufflinks
Want to make sure you always have access to the Internet while you're on the road? How about wearing cufflinks that actually hide a mini-router? The cufflinks can access media servers and will set up automatically as a router or a wireless LAN adapter, depending on what's available in the vicinity. If that's not enough, the cufflinks also have a 2G USB storage capacity. The Polished Silver Wifi and 2GB USB Combo are silver-plated and engravable.
2. Luggage Tracker
If your luggage ends up in a different terminal or even in the wrong city the next time you fly, you can still track its exact location, thanks to a new must-have gadget, the Globatrac Trakdot Luggage tracker. The small GPS device can be placed in your bag and connects to a smartphone app, which you can use to track your bag's location anywhere in the world. Until they invent a gadget to stop the airlines from losing your bags, it'll have to do.
3. Time-Zone Adjuster
An out-of-whack body clock can leave you exhausted, sleeping irregularly, or simply too tired to enjoy your trip. The Re-Timer, designed to help you beat jet lag, looks like a pair of glasses without the glass, and it helps readjust your body clock by emitting a soft, UV-free light that mimics the effect of sunlight on the body. How long and how often you must wear them depends on how much readjusting your body needs. But don't worry - the gadget comes with a Jet Lag Calculator, which explains everything you need to know.
4. Eye-Fi Wireless Memory Card
While tablet and smartphone cameras have taken over everyday photography, many people are still using digital cameras. One drawback, as any camera-toting traveller knows, is that transferring hundreds of vacation pictures from the camera to your computer or mobile device takes time and requires an easily lost cable. Eye-Fi is a memory card for your camera that has wireless transfer capabilities. Replace your regular camera's memory card with the Eye-Fi, and your photos wirelessly transfer to the device of your choice, whether that's your phone, your computer, or your iPad. And yes, a simple click of a button allows you to share selected pictures directly on Facebook or Flickr. Plus, all photos are automatically saved to the cloud, so they won't be lost, even if your computer crashes.
5. Hands-Free Wearable Camera
Next time you're on a biking trip, camping out, or just doing something that requires the use of both hands, you'll still be able to record everything that's going on around you with MeCam. It's a hands-free wearable camera that takes pictures and records 720p video, even in low light, thanks to the camera's infrared lights. The tiny 2-inch-diameter, 1-ounce camera can be clipped to your shirt or your baseball cap.
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