Spot Connect & Adventures
This has to be one of the coolest gadgets I have ever bought.
Spot Connect is a device that pairs with your smartphone and connects you to a global satellite network that lets you send text/email/facebook/twitter messages and GPS coordinates from virtually anywhere on the planet. And in the case of a critical emergency, send an SOS message requesting emergency assistance.
A really neat feature, especially for pilots or travellers, is GPS tracking. Your coordinates and the time are updated on a public or private password protected Google map every 10 minutes. Friends and Family can track you in real time and when you are done your adventure you can edit the map to add pictures/descriptions to each of your way points. This is an especially useful tool for pilots, but is obviously something that can be used by everyone.
If you are a pilot or an avid world traveller, the added safety and awesomeness of this gadget is hard to pass up. During the course of this year (mostly the spring/summer/fall) I am going to be posting adventure maps from trips I fly onto this blog.
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