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Traveling for business is an easy scapegoat for not maintaining a healthy lifestyle as well as being out of touch with our friends, families and jobs.\u00a0 Don\u2019t let a change of scenery spoil your trip\u00a0\u2013 gear up with these apps and gadgets to help make your travel experiences productive and stress-fress.<\/p>\n

1. Forgo frenzy: Tile your passport<\/h1>\n

1. In a digital age where passports remain a critical analog exception to our paperless world.\u00a0 Despite the finger scanners and facial recognition currently in use, travelers cannot travel internationally without that antiquated booklet.\u00a0 Avoid the last minute, \u201cI can\u2019t find my passport!\u201d craze with a DIY digitization.\u00a0 Tile<\/a>\u00a0is a matchbook-sized, thin, white plastic square.\u00a0 This self-adhesive device, equipped with GPS, allows any item to be tracked using the owners smartphone app and Tile\u2019s low-Bluetooth technology.\u00a0 Can\u2019t find your passport?\u00a0 If prepared and equipped with a Tile affixed to the passport\u2019s back or case, the owner can located the passport on a map and remotely send the device a signal to emit a sound, hopefully putting an end to the search-and-rescue.\u00a0 This simple device is the \u201cfind my iPhone,\u201d for all physical items.\u00a0 Tile, which does not require battery changes or charging, can be pre-ordered for summer 2014 delivery.\u00a0 Tile for travel could keep your passport and checked-luggage always in your pocket.<\/p>\n

2.\u00a0Rove<\/a> hands-free, with your automated travel diary<\/h1>\n

This free app is an automated timeline, which tracks users\u2019 movements through GPS, estimates the method of travel, and inserts pictures, maps and locations into a timeline.\u00a0 The result is a beautiful visual travel journal\u2013 no inputs required.\u00a0 Next time relatives ask to hear all about the trip?\u00a0 Just \u201cShare\u201d from the app and Rove will email a link to the trip\u2019s timeline- allowing the traveler to enjoy the moment and not spend time recording it. \u00a0 Want to keep Rove personal?\u00a0 The app is 100% private unless users choose to share.\u00a0 (Free in the iTunes store<\/a>)<\/p>\n

3. Caught with your batteries down? Bring extra juice<\/h1>\n

There are many options on the market to pack power for on-the-go charging.\u00a0 Dark Reservoir\u2019s<\/a> sleekly designed device is on the higher end of the price rage, but the pocket-sized device will provide up to five charges for an iPhone, 1.5 charges for an iPad mini and will charge anything with a micro-USB charger.<\/p>\n

4. Hydrated and healthy, TSA approved: LifeStraw<\/a>\u00a0by Vestergaard<\/h1>\n

Described as \u201cone of the ten things that will change the way we live\u201d by Forbes, take this (empty!) water bottle on the road, mitigate the risk of illness, and turn local tap water anywhere in the world into safe drinking water.\u00a0 The filtration technology integrated into the LifeStraw Go water bottle reduces the risk of bacterial and parasitic water-borne disease transmission. Through advanced filtration technology, water is forced through fibers that only allow the clean water to pass through, keeping contaminants away from consumption.<\/p>\n

5. Viber App + (friend with) Viber App = Free Calls (Seriously)<\/h1>\n

The Viber app<\/a> allows users to make free phone calls, video calls or send text messages, over 4G or WiFi, anywhere in the world, free of charge (as long as both users are connecting through the Viber application).\u00a0 The app is available on all mobile devices and with 200 million active global users, has become one of the largest disruptors in the online global communication space.<\/p>\n

(Free; runs on:\u00a0Android, BlackBerry, iOS, Windows Phone)<\/p>\n

6. Map of Maladies: Sickweather App, the \u201cDoppler radar for sickness\u201d<\/h1>\n

Sickweather\u2019s<\/a> iOS app uses social status updates, natural language processing, and location data to map zones of illness in categories.\u00a0 Avoid getting sick on the road through the app\u2019s push notifications and maps highlighting zones with outbreaks of specific illnesses.\u00a0 Sickness maps can be filtered to ones important to a specific user and included in \u201cillness alerts\u201d or can be mapped by disease category, density, or proximity.\u00a0 (Free in the iTunes store<\/a>)<\/p>\n

7. Sounds over Sedatives: SleepPhones, the \u201cpajamas for your ears\u201d<\/h1>\n

Developed by a family physician to ease sleep without medication, SleepPhones<\/a> come with free apps offering sounds of nature or white noise, which should upgrade your flight at a fraction of the cost.\u00a0 These cozy fleece accessories come with built in headphones, or an option for a wireless Bluetooth-enabled band.<\/p>\n

8. Don\u2019t get lost in translation: Word Lens for Google Glass<\/h1>\n

Word Lens, a popular smartphone app, has come to Glass, providing frictionless translation of written words.\u00a0 View a sign or a menu through Glass in any language, and the app renders the words in real-time, in English translation, through the Glass lens.\u00a0 This technology may be the end of the translation dictionary and as a bonus it uses Glass\u2019 local storage, eliminating the need for data connectivity.\u00a0 As Google Glass devices proliferate, keep Word Lens on your radar. (Free in the Glassware Shop, and also available for smartphones in the iTunes store<\/a> or for $4.99 in the Android Store<\/a>)<\/p>\n

9. Overcome power struggles: iBattz Mojo Slim Universal Travel Adapter<\/h1>\n

For international travel bring a power adapter that doesn\u2019t require a bag full of interchangeable accessories.\u00a0 iBattz\u2019s Mojo Slim Universal Travel Adapter<\/a> is less than an inch thick, covers 150 countries, and has both a USB input as well as a standard plug input for dual device charging.<\/p>\n

10. Soup up your smartphone: DSLR-like camera lens accessory<\/h1>\n

Smartphone cameras have come a long way \u2013 but while traveling, there is a new hybrid option that allows for higher quality photos and video, without the extra device.\u00a0 Sony\u2019s smartphone attachable lens shoots<\/a> video in 1080p and brings DSLR-like features, like pixel-free zoom, that haven\u2019t yet come to our all-in-one smartphones.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Traveling for business is an easy scapegoat for not maintaining a healthy lifestyle as well as being out of touch with our friends, families and jobs.\u00a0 Don\u2019t let a change of scenery spoil your trip\u00a0\u2013 gear up with these apps and gadgets to help make your travel experiences productive and stress-fress. 1. 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