According to German news site Nachrichten, a passenger at the Linz airport set off alarms when his suitcase full of bacon was mistaken for a bomb. The story was translated with Google, so it's high on hilarity and low on verifiable detail.

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The motors inside LiveLuggage's ingenious power-assisted suitcase can turn a 30kg load into something one-tenth of the size. With an anti-gravity handle and force sensors in the wheels, LiveLuggage is hack- and thief-proof and, once charged, the battery will run for a couple of hours. Costing US$1,300, I'm tempted to try one of these just to see what the Homeland Security bods might do when faced with a plastic suitcase boasting built-in electronics. [LiveLuggage via Born Rich]

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If you lack the upper arm strength to lug around your laptop, worry no more. Thanko has created a regular looking laptop bag that sports a telescoping mono-wheel. Whether you haul around some ultra-light and super-portable contraption or an 4 kilo gaming beast, Thanko thinks that they have got you covered.

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At this point, I think it's safe to say that we're living in the future. And what kind of sucker in the future carries his own luggage when there are robot slaves to do it for them? Luckily, the Kita Kyushu airport in Japan is now offering RoboPorters to help travellers tote their baggage. As of right now, it just knows how to bring people to bus stops and taxi stands, so you can't use it to get to your car, but it's a hint at what's to come in the even more distant and lazy future. Hooray! [Robot Watch via Digital World Tokyo]

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