What bits of electronics are critical when you travel for business?

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For those of you unfamiliar with littleBits, the goal is to do for electronics what LEGO did for structural engineering.

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The credit can be used immediately, reused and even hold multiple balances for the differing providers -- ideal for the times you need fragrances, electronics and ... olives.

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What this means for you and me is that our electronics become increasingly more powerful and efficient, with faster processing speeds that allow us to check all network packets at gigabit speeds.

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How many times have you searched for a power outlet for your electronics, or asked a co-worker to borrow their cell phone charger?

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"At the big consumer electronics retailers, you tend to see batteries, memory cards for a camera or mobile phone, cables and connectors, adapters, battery chargers and headphones, " he says.

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Basically, the idea is to build components for a doll house that include the wires: you can, literally, wire the doll house up for electronics.

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Once, before dual voltage became the standard for consumer electronics, there was plentiful physical evidence of the fact that if you plug in across systems without a transformer, the result is either a flame-out or a non-starter.

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At the moment, it's the only Windows Phone 8 device we've seen so far from the Korean electronics maker and we're still waiting for the company to confirm a release date, but if you liked what you saw from the Galaxy S III, the ATIV S might just be the one for you.

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