TECHNOLOGY
THE TOURING CINEMA
If your hotel TV has no channels in English,
and the idea of balancing an iPad on your
knees for two hours has limited appeal, there
is another way. Read a book! But, if you still
require a telly fix, locate a white wall and fire
up the BenQ GV1 wire-free portable
projector (£326.99), which streams directly
from most pocket devices via Chromecast or
Airplay. It can be adjusted across 15 degrees,
and beamed on to the most awkward spaces.
When you’re done watching movies, you can
use it as a Bluetooth speaker.
Stay In Charge
Concerned about the
environmental impact
of single-use batteries?
You’ll want to invest in a
battery charger, then;
but many on the market
are too bulky for
(budget) travel. The GP
Charge AnyWay X411
(£24.99) however, is
genuinely pocket-sized,
and lithium-free, so can
be carried-on in hand
luggage. It charges via
USB, so you can boost
your batteries from your
laptop and—here’s the
clever bit—if you run
out of juice on your
smartphone, you can
reverse the cable and
use the power bank,
with either rechargeable
OR alkaline batteries,
to charge your phone.