Traveling? Don’t forget these hi tech gadgets

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* USB Cell Phone/PDA Charger Kit

This kit provides electrical connectivity for cell phones, PDAs and cameras. It includes an electric adaptor with 4 different international plugs that can be used in 150 countries; so, this adaptor can be easily transformed into a charger for small gadgets with USB ports.

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* Kensington Portable Ultra Wall/Auto/Air Notebook Power Adapter

This is another great option that serves as charger for portable gadgets like laptops, iPods, cell phones, smartphones, PDAs or similar ones.

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* Battery backup

A critical thing when traveling with an iPod or iPhone is the duration of the battery. It’s very frustrating when the battery dies in moments and places where you don’t have a plug to re-charge your gadget. For these cases, you can consider to get a battery backup. Among the options, we can include the Energizer iPodPower2 which uses 2 AA batteries, or the iPowerRush which uses 6 AAA batteries. Also, the company Kensington offers the Mini Battery Pack, a charge set that includes an USB charging cable to recharge battery pack, a high-capacity LiPo (lithium ion and polymer) battery, and a LED battery meter that displays remaining power level, among other features.

* Kensington ComboSaver Portable Notebook Lock

USA is a country that is valued as a fairly safe country. However, according to the FBI, a laptop is stolen every 53 seconds in USA. So imagine what is happening in other countries. An obvious solution is a notebook lock for your computer. And Kensington is also a well-known brand in this field. The Kensington Portable ComboSaver is a notebook lock with a cable that can be extended from 3 inches to 6 feet (2 meters). Maybe this device is not 100 percent effective against theft, but at least, your laptop won’t be a prime target of thieves.

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* SteriPEN portable water purifier

This device kills bacterias and pathogens without needing pills or preservatives. The only thing you need to do is to submerge it into a glass or bottle full of water and it will be able to transform up to 16 ounces of water into potable liquid. This process takes 48 seconds.

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* 12-language Speaking Global Translator

This is a gadget produced by Franklin Electronics. It comes with 12,000 preloaded sentences coming from a set of 450,000 words that are recorded and stored in its internal memory.

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* Talking Electronic Dictionary and Audio PhraseBook with Handheld Scanner

If you prefer a voice-recognition-based system instead of a keyboard-based translator (such as the previous one), Ectaco sells several devices that can be appropriate choices for you. Besides operating as voice-activated electronic translators, they also comes with a scanner that will allow you to insert textual content from a magazine, newspaper, etc. In that way, you will be able to translate that content, too.

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* Headplay Personal Cinema System

This gadget can be connected to TVs, video games consoles, DVD players, laptops, iPods and basically anything with standard audio and video outputs. Once it is connected, the user can watch spectacular images by using a special visor that looks like big eyeglasses.

It could be said the resulting effect is similar to being in front of a huge 52-inch screen. Wonderful!

The brain of the operation is called Liberator, which is a “multi-media center” that comes with several accessories and functions like VGA ports, Composite and S-Video connectors, as well as USB and mini-USB ports. An optional lithium polymer battery is able to provide up to 6 additional hours of operation.