New Cool Find of Today: article - Pack Light for Geek Travel

A great article on Wired "Pack Light for Greek Travel"

It talks about what to pack and how to pack, including all the accessories needed, in todays world of multiple gadgets and restrictions.

Swiss Army knife reinvented

Update: There is recently been an upgrade to the model of Swiss Army knife with the USB. The Victorinox Secure SDDhas been released in 128GB and 256GB models in March while the larger 512GB version will debut sometime later this year.

Do you own a classic Swiss Army knife?
Even if you do not have one handy most people know what the classic version includes, what they do, and what it looks like. The basic models include a blade, scissors, nail file with a screwdriver tip, tweezers, and a key ring. There are now a whole lof of various models that SwissArmy is offering. From everyday to garden, outdoor, and executive versions. While a lot of these have cool features and are great utility tools, the one that caught my eye recently is the Victorinox Flash Flight 8GB Ruby. As the name indicates it comes with a built in USB flash drive that is available from 2 gb to 16 gb and is removable, LED mini white light, and a retractable ball point pen. These utilities make it one of the few travel friendly sets that might make it through the airport security.
There is a different version of this model available that also has the flash drive, mini light, retractable ball point pen, but also includes the classics (Victorinox Flash 2GB Ruby).

New Cool Gadget Find of Today: Brugo Mug

Has this happened to you? You are about to enjoy a hot delicious beverage. It smells good and feels warm on a cold evening. Than you take a sip. And ouch. It is freaking hot. And you just took a big gulp of scorching hot liquid that is burning off all the taste buds on your tongue. ... It happened to me, about 2 weeks ago. It was at a local coffee shop and we were in from a cold night and really wanted to warm up. Oh I did. My tongue felt burned and tingly for next couple of days, but it got better :)

This leads me to the new cool gadget find of today - Brugo mug. It is designed to eliminate scalded lips. And/or tongues in some case ;) The mug has a "tip and cool" feature that transfers too-hot liquid one gulp at a time to a Temperature Control Chamber and cools it down to drinkable 150-170 F degrees. Once the beverage riches that temperature, you then switch the Brugo into "sip" mode and drink it directly.

So when you get your coffee, tea, or any other very hot beverage, that is inside a foam or such container, you can then transfer it to the mug for easier transport and resealing, and also now to avoid scorching yourself while on a trip.

Travel gadgets go green

Video below is from Smarplanet.com. It shows some of the newest gadgets that make your travels a bit more green. I especially liked the filtered waterbottles and the water clock. These two are great to have with you on any trip as they both utilize a resources that is readily available in a lot places around the world, tap water. Fill up the water bottle with the twater straight from tap, and as you drink the filter at the top of the water removes impure particles. The great tip in the video is to take this type of water bottle to the airport where you can drink it, emty it out, before the check point, store it away, and then fill it back up on the other side. Awesome! Bedol Water Alarm Clock is the other travel gadget that uses tap water. There is no need to plug it in or use the batteries, it works by converting ions in the water to electricity. And it is great to transport as it is lighter without any water in it.

Which ones are your favorite and/or find most useful?

Gadget Guy Reviews: The Best Travel Gadgets of 2010

From PeterGreenberg.com:

"It's gift-giving season and that means the latest crop of travel gadgets are in the news.
But with all the hot items out there, who's got time to test out products and compare reviews?
Have no fear, our gadget guy Phil Baker is here with his annual column that looks at the best gadgets of the year, based on the scores of products that he's tested, reviewed and used during the year. ..."

Gadget Guy Reviews: The Best Travel Gadgets of 2010

Travel Gadgets slide show by Lowfares.com

Today I came across a slide show list of travel gadgets posted on Lowfares.com: Travel Gadgets: Digital Luggage Scale and More  This list caught my eye as it lists a few of the items that I have posted about previously and really like as travel gadgets. First one on the list is the digital luggage scale. In my most recent posts, (Travel tech blogger without a gadget, til now) I mentioned that I finally got one of my own and it is one of the best peace of mind travel gadgets that I acquired. The list also lists earphones as good travel gadget. In one of the older posts, Noise canceling headphones - life saver for travelers?,  I listed many benefits of having these around on a trip. I love music. Especially when it helps me tune out and get things done and also enjoy some great sounds. Gorilla pod is another of my fav travel gadgets that appears on the list and that I have used and can say is a great invention for traveling with smaller cameras. On our most recent trip, it was great being able to snap pictures of the two of us without necessarily having to ask for pictures from strangers with questionable photography skills and we could also make many takes without being annoying :)
An interesting gadget that I saw on the list was the Bottle Armor. It protects a bottle of wine or other glass bottles while traveling. Bottle Armor is made of durable leak-proof nylon with a layer of protective padding protects bottles in your checked luggage. It even includes a corkscrew and is reusable. As someone who has experienced many times trying to wrap that bottle in anything possible so it would survive the trip home, I think this might be good travel take-along when going on wine trails, picnic, or a party and bringing a bottle to a dinner.
Though I don't know about the Lucha Libre mask travel tag and the silk travel pouch. Mighty a bit of a stretch there for cool travel gadgets...
What do you think?

Travel Gadget Gift Guide

from Travel Channel

Ideas For Holiday Gifts

http://www.travelchannel.com/Places_Trips/Travel_Ideas/Getaways/Holiday_Getaways/Travel_Gadget_Gift_Guide