So I’m sure a lot of you out there either own, or at the very least have had a play with a GPS device. These are especially useful if you spend a lot of time driving - I’m one of those people who will get lost at the drop of a hat so mine comes in pretty useful. The thing about these devices is that they are live tracking devices which give you realtime positioning, which of course is what you want when looking for directions. Well what if you wanted to track your position, or for that matter someone elses, after the event. Well that’s when the TrackStick comes into play. (by the way I’m not too sure how legal it really is to go about tracking someone else)

This is a small USB based GPS tracker which actual records your location, rather than reporting it live. The tracker itself can hold potentially months of location data before being downloaded and used in conjunction with the likes of Google Maps or Microsoft StreetView.

I think this would be extremely useful for those of us, like me, who travel a lot. Or perhaps you are planning a 6 month trip around the world. Wouldn’t it be fantastic to be able to look back on a map of the world after the event and show your exact route? This of course could be used in conjunction with your own notes on things to see and do at a particular spot. Never again get home and think to yourself, now where was that really scenic spot I drove past the other day? The main benefit I see to this is the fact that due to it being able to contain data covering many weeks you can simply let it get on with recording your position and then share this information with friends and family.

Also a cool little device if you fancy yourself as a bit of a James Bond type character .