| Today's Top Stories | | #1 | LoJack for your luggage (or your tradeshow crate?) | | | By T.C. Sottek, The Verge | | | The GlobaTracTrakdot itself is a small, black and orange plastic device with a GSM radio and space for two AA batteries — but it doesn't need more than those essentials; after being placed in your luggage, the device can send alerts to your smartphone whenever it arrives at an airport gate around the world. More»
Why This Matters: Travel safe and have a Happy Thanksgiving. –Cynthia Wisehart |
| | #2 | Sony files patent for "smart wig". Or they just punked the BBC | | | via BBC | | | Sony has filed a patent application for "SmartWig", as firms jostle for the lead in the wearable technology sector. It says the SmartWig can be worn "in addition to natural hair", and will be able to process data and communicate wirelessly with other external devices. More»
Why This Matters: This really opens up possibilities in the personal monitor realm. –Cynthia Wisehart |
| | #3 | Miniatur Wunderland gets an airport | | | After six years and over $4,440,000, the world's largest model railroad now has the world's largest model airport. The 1,600-square-foot addition is just the latest to Hamburg, Germany's Miniatur Wunderland, which has plans to continue expanding until 2020. More »
Why This Matters: We shared this with you once before but nothing says holiday like the most elaborate toy train in the world, engineered as an act of devotion. It's worth a look if not to marvel at the impressive computer-controlled technological aspects of it, then maybe just for the sheer enjoyment from seeing a train set that includes crimes-in-progress, police chases, a working airport, and a "if this van's a rockin', then don't come a knockin'" vignette. -Jeremy Glowacki
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