TSA Ready for 'Checkpoint Friendly' Laptop Bags

The TSA has gotten flack, as of late, for not being slack enough on travelers toting laptops. In short, the TSA is asking every laptop owner to open up and boot up... while also facing them with possible seizure of their equipment without just cause. Never fear, they have a very clear set of guidelines that should allow you to glide through the checkpoint straight to the tarmac - without your laptop seeing the light of day.

Too bad it will eat up more time looking for a bag that meets these requirements, than just opening your bag in the first place. But, hey TSA thanks for trying.

Effective tomorrow, for a bag to be considered checkpoint friendly it should meet the following standards:

• A designated laptop-only section
• The laptop-only section completely unfolds to lay flat on the X-ray belt
• No metal snaps, zippers or buckles inside, underneath or on top of the laptop-only section
• No pockets on the inside or outside of the laptop-only section
• Nothing packed in the laptop-only section other than the computer itself.

Here's a new market ripe for conquest... TSA Ready Laptop Bags, investors I'm waiting.

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Hydrogen Airships not Hydrogen Cars

Flying is usually done for speed and convenience, but what if the ticket price outweighs that convenience? Rising fuel and security costs could make this a reality for air passengers - if we ever stop paying to bail airlines out with government subsidies.

There is an alternative brewing in the place were most alternative thinking begins (i.e.,Democratic governing)... France. Popular Science reports on Jean-Marie Massaud, an industrial designer that believes slow moving airships are the next step (be it forward or backward) in air travel.

Mr. Mossaud, who has designed submarines for Yamaha, is building a luxury airship with a top speed of 80mph, and two story cabin that can carry 15 passengers. The undertaking is a joint venture. Mossaud has hooked up with Onera, the French NASA, expected ROI has to be in 2050 or so, because the projected sale date is 2020. Crazy bunch of French futurists... I wouldn't mind pimpin' in this ride, though. Hopefully, Christopher Walken would be aboard waring his Max Zorin costume.
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