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ExiTool: A More Practical Approach To Escaping Your Automobile

Here are a few things you don’t have time to do when your car plunges into an icy lake: remove a Leatherman multitool from your glove compartment; unfold it; cut through your seatbelt; refold it; smash through your window. Thankfully there’s the ExiTool, a clever little gadget that attaches to your seat belt for quick…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert Mar 9

CAN InfoTech: A Tech Trade Show, Third World-Style

286 booths, and nary an iPhone in sight. In fact, a lot of the gadgets on display here were first released in 2007. Welcome to CAN InfoTech: the CES of Nepal. BoingBoing’s photo tour of the January conference, held in a country with a near-50% unemployment rate and a per-capita GDP of $1,200, paints a…

Tech News John Herrman Mar 2

The CartDesk Is Aimed at a Very Specific Type of Traveler

The CartDesk may or may not be for you. The only way to know for sure is to take the following questionnaire: Is the CartDesk Right For Me? Do you despise those trendy roller bags? Yes / No Is your lap unable to sustain the pressure of a “lap”top? Yes / No Would you add…

Tech News Mark Wilson Feb 26

Being on Vacation Is No Longer a Reason to Ignore Your Apple Addiction

Celebrity Cruises knows that you want to buy a MacBook and take a course on using iPhoto and iDVD while on a cruise That’s why they’re putting Apple-centric Internet cafes dubbed iLounges on their ships. Inadvertently named after a blog, the iLounge is supposedly the first of it’s kind and will consist of three areas:…

Tech News Rosa Golijan Feb 18

Mile-High Wi-Fi Showdown: Which Airline’s the Fastest?

Many airlines offer in-flight wi-fi and though you might not choose flights based on download speeds, it helps to know what to expect from each carrier. With your help, we conducted our first Mile-High Wi-Fi Test. Delta Airlines won. https://gizmodo.com/the-complete-inflight-wi-fi-cheat-sheet-5429860 The Idea We’ve tested 3G data speeds in the past, so as in-flight wi-fi became…

Tech News Rosa Golijan Feb 4

Aircruise From London To New York In 37hrs (In Concept-Land Only)

With the Concorde long gone, it’s up to big-thinking companies like Seymourpowell to dream up new transatlantic travel routes. Enter the Aircruise, which would be powered by solar power and a hydrogen fuel cell, sailing in the air at 90mph. Ok, it’d take a while to get from London to New York (37 hours, in…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Feb 3

The Secrets of SkyMall Lie in an Arizona Office Park

Bill Donahue made a trip to the headquarters of SkyMall, purveyors of the most useless gadgetry in the western world (good luck competing with Brando). My favorite part of the article? SkyMall’s president is named Christine Aguilera. Ha! https://gizmodo.com/meeting-brando-hong-kongs-usb-willy-wonka-5136739 It is kind of an interesting piece, though—SkyMall doesn’t make, design, or even (to my surprise)…

Gadgets Dan Nosowitz Jan 27

Cold War Aircraft Used To Seat 120, Now Sleeps Two

If you’re thinking to yourself, “that’s sort of a small window for a luxury hotel suite,” well, you’re right. But it’s only because this room occupies the entirety of a repurposed Cold War-era East German aircraft. OK, the view isn’t anything special: the plane stays grounded outside the Teuge airport in the Netherlands. But the…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert Jan 23

Naked Airport Body Scanner Sees Everything But the Bomby Parts

Well, let’s hope the bad guys weren’t watching German television last week. A demonstration of one of those highfalutin—and highly invasive—full-body airport scanners caught a Swiss Army Knife and a cellphone, but none of the, uh, bomb components. https://gizmodo.com/is-it-this-easy-to-pull-straight-nude-pics-from-airport-5443901 The big reveal comes at around 2:07, and is moderately to extremely terrifying. As Schneier on…

Privacy & Security Brian Barrett Jan 22

A Handy Cheat Sheet for Airline Baggage Fees

We knew what airlines charge for Wi-Fi, and now we’ve found another handy resource—a chart outlining how much checking up to three bags costs on each airline. Meal prices are included as well, if you dare. [Orbitz] https://gizmodo.com/the-complete-inflight-wi-fi-cheat-sheet-5429860

Tech News Mark Wilson Jan 20

US Airways Saves Flight From Dangerous Xbox 360 Threat

Adam was flying out of Boston on US Airways, and he checked his Xbox 360 with his luggage. When he got home, he found a ziploc bag full of little metal components on top of a newly broken Xbox 360. He is understandably pissed off, and US Airways has essentially told him to piss off…

Tech News Adam Frucci Jan 20

Official Laptop Search Documents Reveal Sloppy Data Handling

The Freedom of Information Act allowed the ACLU to view documents concerning the Customs and Border Protection‘s searches of laptops and other electronic devices at the United States’ international borders. They discovered that third parties view and copy some data. The ACLU was quite thorough and analyzed the documents—which detailed searches of not just laptops,…

Privacy & Security Rosa Golijan Jan 15

Is It This Easy to Pull Straight Nude Pics From Airport Scanners? [NSFW]

The Drudge Report has an image of a woman from an airport scanner up right now. It’s scandalous enough as is, but it’s shockingly easy to make it look even more like a normal nude photograph. Updated Reader Sigfried discovered that by simply inverting the image in Photoshop, you restore the photo to a more…

Privacy & Security Adam Frucci Jan 8

Innergie mCube Mini Is The World’s Smallest Travel Charger For Laptops

Innergie claims their new mCube Mini is the world’s smallest travel charger for laptops. A very good thing, especially if you travel light. I refuse to pack more than one duffel bag no matter how long I’m away. https://gizmodo.com/innergie-mcube90-is-a-small-sleek-energy-saving-power-5117378 Specifically designed for cars and airplanes, the mCube Mini can be powered by either a 12V…

Tech News Sean Fallon Dec 30

The Travel Times to Every Spot on the Globe

This map by the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre examines the travel times from any spot on the globe to the nearest city of 50,000 or more inhabitants by land or water. The surprise? As NewScientist observes, less than 10% of the world is more than two days away from a major city using ground-based…

Tech News Mark Wilson Dec 30

The Exploding Terrorist Underwear That Nearly Took Down a Plane

Want to see the world’s most notorious underwear? ABC News has pictures of the tighty-whiteys that nearly took down a Northwest Airlines flight, complete with Pentaerythritol tetranitrate codpiece. They are—perhaps predictably—rather soiled. [ABC News]

Tech News Joel Johnson Dec 28

President Obama, It’s Time To Fire the TSA

Today, DHS’s Napolitano’s response to the crotchbomber: “We’re looking to make sure that this sort of incident cannot recur.” But the TSA’s response to Abdulmutalib’s attempt makes one thing clear: We must stop pretending the TSA is making us safer. Security expert Bruce Schneier nails the core incompetency: “For years I’ve been saying ‘Only two…

Tech News Joel Johnson Dec 28

Electronics May Still Be OK for Some US Travel

When crazy stuff happens on airplanes, as it did on Christmas, you can rest assured security will tighten and terrifying electronics restrictions will fall into place. But in this latest case, our electronics? They may still be “safe.” https://gizmodo.com/the-new-terrifying-no-electronics-us-flight-security-5434592 I bring that up because there was apparently this nasty rumor going around that all electronics…

Privacy & Security Jack Loftus Dec 27

Travel Bags Versus 10,300-Pound Elephant: FIGHT!

It’s not a scientific test, but is there any other better way to test the strength of five bag brands than using a 10,300-pound elephant? Maybe there is, but it won’t be this fun. Surprisingly, one bag resisted: Click to view It took 14 minutes to crack open a $545 Tumi, eight minutes to open…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Dec 26

How to Get Free Inflight Wi-Fi This Holiday Season

Holiday travel can be a tiresome experience. If you want to relax with a little Wi-Fi on the plane, MyMoneyBlog.com has compiled a list of the codes you can use to get free internet access during your holiday excursions. Yesterday we showed you the inflight Wi-Fi cheat sheet, and according to the chart there are…

Tech News Chris Jacob Dec 19

ExiTool: A More Practical Approach To Escaping Your Automobile

CAN InfoTech: A Tech Trade Show, Third World-Style

The CartDesk Is Aimed at a Very Specific Type of Traveler

Being on Vacation Is No Longer a Reason to Ignore Your Apple Addiction

Mile-High Wi-Fi Showdown: Which Airline’s the Fastest?

Aircruise From London To New York In 37hrs (In Concept-Land Only)

The Secrets of SkyMall Lie in an Arizona Office Park

Cold War Aircraft Used To Seat 120, Now Sleeps Two

Naked Airport Body Scanner Sees Everything But the Bomby Parts

A Handy Cheat Sheet for Airline Baggage Fees

US Airways Saves Flight From Dangerous Xbox 360 Threat

Official Laptop Search Documents Reveal Sloppy Data Handling

Is It This Easy to Pull Straight Nude Pics From Airport Scanners? [NSFW]

Innergie mCube Mini Is The World’s Smallest Travel Charger For Laptops

The Travel Times to Every Spot on the Globe

The Exploding Terrorist Underwear That Nearly Took Down a Plane

President Obama, It’s Time To Fire the TSA

Electronics May Still Be OK for Some US Travel

Travel Bags Versus 10,300-Pound Elephant: FIGHT!

How to Get Free Inflight Wi-Fi This Holiday Season

Someone Finally Took a Good iPhone Photo of the Moon. Good Luck Copying Their Trick

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