TrimTrac

Perfectly named as a weight-loss device, not-so-perfectly named for what it is — a portable, inexpensive LoJack-style tracker which a Sunnyvale-based GPS company, Trimble will release this month. Users place the TrimTrac in the glovebox, or even in your check-in luggage, and using a combination of cellphone and motion detector, the device tracks the item's locale every 15 minutes and sends the info by cellphone to a network. The TrimTrac costs $160 plus the cost of the internet site fee of $6 to $8 per month. Best application we can think of: finding your car in those massive parking complexes.