GEAR & GADGETS

Good news for anyone who has ever had their shampoo, shaving cream or other carry-on liquids confiscated after forgetting to limit the size of each to 3 ounces crammed into a single quart-size transparent zippered plastic bag.

Travelon, an innovator in helpful travel products, has introduced shampoo, hair conditioner, shaving cream and other toiletries that have been dehydrated into tiny dry sheets that metamorphise into a sudsy lather when you add water.

The biodegradable sheets, which come 50 sheets to a pack in little pop-open color-coded plastic cases, do not come under the federal Transportation Security Administration restrictions. -- Judi Dash