Ever been on a business trip and had your plans turned upside down thanks to a delayed plane? A really cool product we saw the other week at the 3GSM show in Cannes could be the panacea to help you cope with travel disasters. Plan-b is a prototype device manufactured by British design company PDD.
The pocket-sized device works to continually keep the traveller abreast of their itinerary constantly updating their travel information as they go. At each Wi-Fi hot spot (place with wireless internet access such as Starbucks or airports) the device automatically accesses the traveller's dedicated website to discover the latest travel information. If, for example, a flight has been delayed, Plan-b will not only relay that information but also prompt the owner to address other parts of their itinerary the changes may have impacted on such as hotel bookings.
Even more impressively it automatically downloads local tourist information of each place it reaches and provides real-time navigation information, such as the ability to point its integrated camera at a building and use then name it. Plan-b's owners can also use the device to translate street signs and place names into other languages.
As we said it is only a prototype, but we'd love to see a real world version, perhaps a little smaller than the original version, in the next year or so. More from here
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