Early buzz at the 2013 International Consumer Electronics show in Las Vegas is focusing on Samsung’s transparent television but that news may be eclipsed by the startup GlobaTrac’s device to track your luggage.
If you’ve ever lost luggage you just might want to grab a flight to Vegas to check out GlobaTrac’s new Trakdot device at this week’s International Consumer Electronics Show. The sprawling 46-year-old conference, generally referred to by its acronym CES, officially opens Tuesday at the Las Vegas Convention Center. Early buzz on Twitter and gadget blogs is focusing on two companies: electronics giant Samsung, and the aforementioned GlobaTrac, a startup that will demonstrating a nifty device that you can put inside your suitcase. Upon landing, the device will send you a text message that identifies what city it is in. So if you and your luggage aren’t in the same area code, you can alert airline officials, who can presumably contact the airport in the designated city.
