Credit Card Swiss Army Knife
These brilliantly compact devices have all the functionality of a basic swiss army knife (except the corkscrew), but are much lighter and easier to carry, being the same size as and only slightly thicker than a credit card. I had one of these a few yers ago, and in addition to being tremendously useful, they're worth it purely for the shocked looks you get when you pluck a knife out of your purse. I don't know why the swiss army knife has such as reputation as a man's tool though. Really, when you think about it, it's just a modern-day chatelaine. No handbag should be complete without one.
The only downside they have is that they can be a little too well-concealed. I lost my last one when I attempted to board a plane without realising it was still in my wallet. I may not have seen it, but an x-ray machine certainly did. Put these in your checked luggage instead.
USB Wristband
Looks like one of those rubber bracelets all the kids seem to be wearing nowdays, except...
... it conceals a USB drive.
Not that I'd advocate trying to hide anything on it, of course. I just like to keep my data close.
A USB drive can be useful thing to have with you. They can carry photos you want to want to show to friends overseas, store information you wrote or downloaded on a shared computer, and keep backup scans of your important documents. They can also be used to view pictures and documents on the personal screens in some aircraft, although I'm unsure on the exact functionality offered. Finally, they make for good backup space if you're travelling with a laptop computer, which always carries a risk of being lost/stolen/destroyed.
Plenty more travel gadgets to come.
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