Next time you pass a state trooper, mark the spot on this radar detector. A GPS chip inside alerts you when you near the area again. Flag chronic false-alert locales, and stray beeps disappear. Escort Passport 9500i $450; www.escortradar.com
If you´ve been lusting for a handheld GPS device but are continually put off by the high price of the good ones or low quality of the affordable ones, your time has come. Next time you travel, make sure to pack along this card-deck-size system. Equipped with ultrabright touchscreens, these come with preloaded maps of everything from the contiguous U.S. to Europe (with customizable points of interest), give turn-by-turn voice-prompted instructions, and have a built-in travel kit with a picture viewer, calculator, currency converter, unit converter and world clock.
nuvi 200-series From $400; available April; garmin.com
Unexplained jitters when tackling easy tap-ins have befallen even the most legendary pros. Now, a group of scientists hopes to reveal which sections of the brain are responsible for choking