Imagine being able to use your smart phone or tablet almost as easily and efficiently in the middle of an ocean as you can at home. It’s now possible with Iridium GO, a rugged portable combination of satellite phone and Wi-Fi hotspot that serves as a kind of personal cell tower, with the capacity to connect to as many as five devices at a time. It’s not often in this age of electronic “miracles” that someone comes up with something truly unique. But this is one new technology that definitely fits the bill.

$875. Iridium Communications Inc., iridium.com