By Ken Hegan for MSN Are you addicted to sleeping on strangers’ shoulders? Then get the new EZ Sleep™ Travel Pillow to make airplane sleeping a breeze. It’s basically an inflatable wedge that isolates you from the passenger sitting beside you…so you can finally enjoy a private public sleep! It’s much like a giant border wall…
By Ken Hegan for MSN Your passport’s about to turn into a 007 gadget. Whether you want it to or not. Passport Canada’s slick new digital ePassport looks just like a normal passport. Except it contains an embedded, electronic ‘biometric chip’ with personal details like your full name, gender, date of birth, where you were…
By Ken Hegan for MSN This video gave me chills. At Indian fun fairs, some ferris wheels are powered by the sweat of human daredevils. No gas. No electricity. Just young male wallahs (let’s call them carnies) who take turns climbing up the rickety old ferris wheel. Then they leap and grab onto a bar,…
By Ken Hegan for MSN Sir Richard Branson wants to be your wingman at 35,000 feet. This week his Virgin America airline unveiled an in-flight service that lets you send free drinks and meals to passengers you think are smoking hot. Here’s a picture of Branson holding a woman he found on one of his…
By Ken Hegan for MSN I love this odd new travel headgear. It’s called the Ostrich Pillow and it’s designed to give you a delicious nap at the drop of a hat. Here’s how it works: Pull the Ostrich Pillow onto your head and over your eyes. It’s like a glory hole for your face.…
By Ken Hegan for MSN Wedding season’s coming up fast. Haven’t received any invitations yet. But maybe I’ll bump into some friends as they elope in some secret hideaway. Notice how many hotels are promoting elopement packages this spring? I guess they’re aimed at criminal couples on the lam who want to tie the knot…
By Ken Hegan for MSN Wow, you sure are attractive. I can tell that from here. But are you so devastatingly good looking that you’ve been tossed out of a country? That happened to three men from the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The men had travelled to the Saudi Arabian capital of Riyadh to attend…