26 Killer Travel Gadgets Every Geek Needs Vagabondish: The Travelzine for Today s Vagabond I admit it: I m a tech-head. I love gadgets and I love to travel. Put the two together and I attain a state of bliss somewhere between watching a Meredith Baxter-Birney marathon on Lifetime and that feeling you get when you think about puppies and marshmallows together at the same time. See where I m going? Online banking over unsecured wireless networks is sketchy to say the least. Who knows whether that shady guy sitting next to you in the pleather jacket with his laptop and a Ron Burgundy mustache isn t sniffing the 802g airwaves for your web passwords? Get the ultimate in password security with ETrade s SecurID Two-Factor Authentication token. It uses strong authentication by generating a random password every 60 seconds. Tom Cruise would be proud. The 150-Country Auto-Detecting Travel Adapter And Converter. Not the catchiest product name, but we can t all afford big budget marketing departments. Hammacher Schlemmer describes it as the lightweight, compact device that automatically detects incoming voltage, converts it to 120-volt AC power, and provides plug adaptation for over 150 countries throughout Europe, Africa, Asia, the Americas and Caribbean, and Australia. You re out of luck in Antarctica I guess, but I don t think they have electricity down there anyway. At least now you don t have to carry around 150 adapters like you used to, right? Also: The plug configures to fit a variety of international sockets, and it has a built-in USB port that allows you to leave chargers for cell phones, digital cameras, iPod®s, and other devices at home. The device allows simultaneous AC and USB connection to charge two devices at once. Very cool.