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You shouldn’t have to second-guess if someone is peeping in on your Airbnb shower, but hidden cameras in vacation rentals, unfortunately, aren’t urban legends anymore. If you have a trip on the books and want to ensure your stay is as safe as it is relaxing, you may want to consider bringing this hidden camera detector along.
At just the size of a TV remote, this gadget can sweep your entire Airbnb for hidden cameras, audio bugs, GPS trackers, and more, so you can shower, swim, and sleep in complete peace. Buying one isn’t overkill, it’s sadly just the world we live in—and a way to fight back. You can order one of these portable bug detectors here for only $39.99 with free shipping.
How to sweep your space like a spy
You don’t have to be a CIA agent or Neo from The Matrix to use this thing—it’s actually pretty simple. Just follow these steps:
Turn on your hidden camera scanner and choose the mode: RF detector, magnetic detection, or camera lens finder.
Walk slowly around the room, especially near mirrors, vents, outlets, and alarm clocks (anywhere a tiny lens might be hiding).
Watch for alerts—the device will beep, flash, or vibrate when it detects a signal or lens.
Use the red light lens finder to visually spot hidden cameras by reflecting light off the lens.
If nothing happens, your space is clear and safe.
And yes, it’s rechargeable, so no need to pack extra batteries. It’s compact, fits in your bag, and works in Airbnbs, hotel rooms, rental cars, or even your own home. Why? Maybe you just purchased a new one, and you’re a little nervous about what the previous owners may have left behind. We’ll never judge you for wanting to be safe.
And by creative, we mean really creative—and University of Florida (UF) researchers clearly understood the assignment.
As reported by The Palm Beach Post, researchers led by UF professor of wildlife ecology and conservation Robert McCleery have released 40 solar-powered, remote-controlled robot bunnies in South Florida this month. The researchers replaced the plush toy’s stuffing with motors and heaters to imitate the motions and body temperatures of one of pythons’ favorite snacks: marsh rabbits (Sylvilagus palustris).
The robot bunnies hope to lure the Burmese pythons out of hiding. Image: sfwmd
“We want to capture all of the processes that an actual rabbit would give off,” McCleery explained. Previous research had demonstrated that live, penned rabbits successfully attract pythons, but this approach requires too much manpower to care for the animals at scale.
Cue robot bunnies. They don’t need to be fed, their pens don’t need to be cleaned, they’re waterproof, and they’re decked out with a motion-sensor camera that pings researchers if a python approaches.
“If we can see a statistically significant number of pythons that are coming to investigate these robotic rabbits and the pens that would be a success, because right now, pythons do a great job of staying hidden,” Mike Kirkland, lead invasive animal biologist for the South Florida Water Management District, told WINK. It remains to be seen whether the pythons will be fooled. If they’re not, the researchers have another trick in their backpocket, according to The Palm Beach Post: perfuming the robots with rabbit scent.
When large exotic animals like bears require operations, veterinarians rely on anesthesia to keep both the animal and medical team safe. But what happens if a shark in the open ocean needs surgery–for example, to insert an internal tag?
The process is surprisingly fast and looks very different, explains Caroline Collatos, a PhD student at UMass and researcher at the New England Aquarium, in an interview with Popular Science.
The first step involves catching the shark. Collatos explains that she start by tossing out a piece of bait with a fishing rod. When the shark takes a bite, she reels it to the side of the boat, where she grabs its dorsal fin and wraps rope around its tail.
Secured in this position alongside the boat keeps the animal and handler safe. “It’s not thrashing around, hurting itself, or dangerous for us,” Collatos says. “And once I have that done, it’s much easier to be able to maneuver the fish. So then I can actually just physically turn the shark over.”
Flipping a shark onto its back induces a trance-like state known as “tonic immobility.” While the exact reason for this phenomenon is still unknown, researchers like Collatos believe it’s related to sensory overload.
“It is a very helpful tool when you’re trying to work with the animal and, you know, perform that minor surgery on their abdomen, because it’s like a natural sedative,” she explains. “If I had to sedate that animal, that would actually cause a much longer recovery process to let that animal go back into the wild. So our tagging process is three to four minutes.”
Collatos uses a topical anesthetic to insert the internal shark tag, which is about the size of a AA battery. When she completes the procedure, she flips the shark upright and removes the ropes and hook before releasing it. From start to finish, the shark is usually on the line for only five to ten minutes.
If your inbox is constantly slammed with subscription emails, you’re not alone. Gmail now includes a helpful tool to make managing those subscriptions easier—and to help you take back control of your inbox.
This covers all kinds of subscriptions, too: shopping deals, newsletters, promotions from retailers, and updates from the apps and services you use. If it’s a regular message you’ve opted into, it’s covered.
It’s not the only trick you’ve got in Gmail to manage email subscriptions, either—subscriptions that may be taking up more of your inbox (and your time) than you realize. Here’s how to regain control of your chaotic inbox.
Use the dedicated manage subscriptions feature
It takes two clicks or taps to unsubscribe from an email list. Screenshot: Google
How you access the Manage Subscriptions feature depends on the device you’re using:
On the web: Click More on the left-hand menu (under Inbox and Sent), then choose Manage subscriptions. If you don’t see the menu, click the three horizontal lines (top left).
On mobile (Android/iOS): Tap the three horizontal lines (top left), then select Manage subscriptions.
Once there, you’ll see a list of recurring senders, sorted by frequency. You can view how many emails each sender has sent recently, preview individual messages, and—most importantly—unsubscribe.
If you’ve had enough from a particular sender, click on the Unsubscribe link or tap the unsubscribe button (which looks like a little envelope with a minus symbol) on the right. You’ll be asked to confirm your choice, so click or tap Unsubscribe if you’re sure.
Note: It might take a few days for the action to be registered.
You’ll also find an Unsubscribe option at the top of many emails themselves—this option has been around in Gmail for a while and works similarly. Clicking the button prompts a confirmation dialog before you’re officially removed from the list. Beware that some senders also annoyingly require that you visit their site to unsubscribe.
Other ways to manage subscriptions in Gmail
You can manipulate incoming emails in all kinds of ways. Screenshot: Google
Beyond the new tool, Gmail gives you a lot of control over how messages from recurring senders are handled, especially in the web version.
If you suspect you’re getting too many emails from a particular sender, open one of their emails, click the three dots (top right), then select Filter messages like this. You’ll see a list of recent emails from that sender and can build a filter based on different criteria. You can either start building a filter using the options at the top, or click off the filter dialog and browse through the emails.
If you do decide to build a filter, it’ll be applied to any future messages from this sender.
When you click Create filter, you can choose to:
Archive messages
Mark as read
Delete
Apply labels like “newsletter” or “promo”
You can manage your filters at any time by clicking the gear icon (top right), then choosing See all settings and opening up the Filters and blocked addresses tab. Click Edit next to any filter to make changes to it, or Delete to remove it.
One other tip: Search through Gmail for “unsubscribe” using the search box at the top of the interface. This should lead to you most of your subscriptions, and if you click through to the individual emails, you should find the unsubscribe buttons. If the manage subscriptions feature isn’t working for whatever reason, you can use these unsubscribe links instead.
If the Manage Subscriptions page doesn’t cover everything, this manual method is a great backup.
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