Posts filed under 'Travel'
Unlike “Airborne”, the manufactures of the PlaneCleanAir filters don’t make any grandiose claims that it will stop colds while traveling. What they do claim, though, is that it will filter out 99.5% of bacteria carried in airplane air vents. The filters attach to most Airbus and Boeing nozzles and not only filter the air, but distribute a wider flow of fresh filtered air in your direction. The filters last for 10 flights and cost $20/piece, plus $7 for the adapter to fit the filter to the air nozzle.
More info here.
[TGDaily]
March 26th, 2008
Why bother visiting the island when you can ride it, right? Wallyisland (perhaps an ode to the Griswalls) is a behemoth of a boat measuring 325 feet and offers a customizable main deck that can be outfitted with tennis courts, swimming pools, trees, helipads, and more. Does 17.5 knots, can hold up to 24 guests and includes two 45 foot Wallypower dingies for shore visits. Looks like an oil tanker retrofitted with trees if you ask me.
[Uncrate]
March 26th, 2008
If you travel abroad you’re probably already familiar with the numerous travel chargers on the market. None of them include a USB plug for powering the likes of an
iPhone
until now. It’s apty called the Universal Travel Adapter With USB Port and goes for $17.
Available here.
[Ubergizmo]
March 19th, 2008
Soon, WiFi, or ‘Gogo’ will be available on American Airline and Virgin American flights originating in NYC and heading towards LA, SF, or Miami according to
Gigaom. Aircell, the company behind the in-flight WiFi is feverishly working around the clock to prepare 15 of AA’s 767s and all of Virigina America’s planes by Spring of this year (’08). The service will cost $12.95 for cross country flights, and $9.95 for legs 3 hours or less. Connection speeds are spec’d at 2mbps, which sound advantageous to say the least. Aircell plans to partner with the likes of T-Mobile and company in what will likely be a rev share agreement. Here’s to in-flight web surfing!
Official announcement and list of routes available here.
March 11th, 2008
Putting aside the fact that you might look like the tourist from hell, the Digital Camera Mask does offer a convenient and easy solution to snapping pics of the family snorkeling expedition. Built in to the mask is a 3 or 5 megapixel camera. and a cross hair for dead eye accuracy (probably not, but one can only hope). Expect to get close ups because this thing has a 5 foot shooting distance. The on board memory (16mb) will achieve a few photos, but fortunately there’s a microSD slot to increase memory capacity; you can even record VGA quality video. Requires the ever allusive AAA batteries and plugs in via USB.
More info here.
March 7th, 2008
Istanbul, long regarded as the capital city of the Roman Empire and Europe’s most populous city, is slated to open an underwater hotel by 2010. Built underneath the city’s center, the 7 floor, seven star (I thought it went to 5) hotel will feature all ocean facing rooms, an exhibition hall and restaurants. If you’ve seen Jaws three then you’ll probably opt for the cultural experience, at least the sleeping part, above water. Fiji recently announced an underwater hotel aptly dubbed the
Poseidon.
More info here.
Via Cribcandy
February 22nd, 2008
One of the dangers of enjoying GPS navigation is the inherent distraction. The GPS MirrorPilot looks to eliminate this problem. Integrated into the rearview mirror is an ANTARIS 4 GPS receiver and a 65k color, 2.2” QVGA screen where directions can be viewed in a 2D or 3D format. Memory is stored on an SD card, which should allow for additional maps and countries to be added. Input is had through an infrared remote, a built-in speaker will announce directions, and when powered downed the MirrorPilot appears as a regular rearview.
More info here (warning: it’s in German).
Moree pics after the ‘leap’.
Via I4U
February 17th, 2008
I’m still waiting for Texas Instruments to unveil their highly anticipated cell phone projector. Until then, will all have to settle for Samsung’s almost-pocket sized
DLP projector. The Ultra Mobile Pocket Projector (U310) features a 1000:1 contrast ratio and 150 ANSI lumens brightness. To put it in perspective, some full sized DLP projectors rock 2500:1 contrast ratio and 1500 lumens. So you can see the sacrifices that were made in favor of size. Oh yeah, it’s only SVGA (800×600).
Via Aving
February 15th, 2008
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