In the massive hallways of the Louvre Museum, a small device hangs from necks of visitors like a lost relic. This is a limited edition Nintendo 3DS XL that has been redesigned exclusively to guide visitors through centuries of art and history using spoken words as well as illuminating graphics. Nintendo made only 5,000 of these handhelds, and donated them to the museum in 2020.
Travel is hard enough without the constant scramble for reliable internet. You arrive in a new city, turn on your phone, and suddenly data charges increase or the connection slows to a crawl. Netgear hopes to alleviate this annoyance with the Nighthawk 5G M7, a portable WiFi hotspot that packs serious speed and global reach into a device compact enough to fit in a carry-on.
Joby Aviation has just completed a surprisingly quiet revolution in the skies over a California airfield. On November 7, their latest model, a turbine electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft, took off for the first time from their Marina facility. This aircraft has combined the clean lift of electric motors with the constant leg-up of a gas turbine, resulting in longer flights and heavier loads than anyone could have dreamed.
Wall adapters have been quietly getting the job done for years, stuck in the bottom of a bag or tucked away in some corner. But every now and then one comes along that’s worth taking a longer look at, for reasons that go beyond just being functional. The UGREEN Nexode Uno 30W fast charger, priced at $17.98 (was $29.99), is one of those. It resembles a small robot, with a pop-out socket and an LED display that flashes the charging status in simple little images, which is about as near as you can come to making paying attention to how long something is charging entertaining.
Apple has finally released a long awaited feature: Digital ID, a way to carry proof of your identity on your iPhone or Apple Watch starting today. If you have a US passport you can create this digital version in the Wallet app and show it at TSA checkpoints in over 250 airports for domestic travel.
You just boarded a six hour trip from New York to Los Angeles with your phone at 8% charge…but your outlet on the plane is blocked by a stranger who’s snoring away. You start rummaging through your suitcase for that phone charger cable which always seems to go missing whenever you need it. That fear vanished the day Anker inserted a 2.3-foot USB-C cable into its new 10,000mAh Nano power bank, priced at $39.99 (was $59.99), and snapped it back with a single tug.
A 31-foot glass box plopped right out in the middle of nowhere but somehow still feels like home. So, what’s the story here then? Keystone RV’s Walkabout 26MAX, which sports a black metal exterior, some nice orange topo lines, and panoramic glass windows – it’s like this thing is just begging to be taken on a road trip across Montana mud without you ever needing to pitch a tent.
Holiday flights are boarding, and every seat-back pocket hides the same silent war: who packed the adapter that actually works? I’ve spent hours – literally – testing adapters in airline lounges from Narita to Heathrow, and the $19.99 (was $25.99) Anker Nano Travel Adapter has put a stop to that argument.
Haneda Airport is one of the world’s busiest airports, and it welcomes a large number of travelers every year in the heart of Tokyo. Terminal 3, Japan’s international flight hub, has already demonstrated a strong respect for the country’s past with the Edo Koji zone, a strip of shops and walkways that truly captures the spirit of those tiny, atmospheric 17th century Edo side streets – you can almost imagine what it must have been like to stroll through those narrow alleys back in the day, complete with an authentic section of the Nihonbashi bridge as it appeared in bygone days.
Power banks have accumulated in desk drawers over the years for numerous reasons, whether they are too heavy for pockets, too slow for deadlines, or too plain to justify the space they take up. Then along comes the Anker MagGo, priced at $56.99 (was $89.99), a 10,000mAh brick that’s Qi2 certified and snaps onto the back of an iPhone like it always belonged.