Checkpoint-friendly laptop bags launched

A range of checkpoint-friendly laptop bags has been launched to enable passengers to pass through airport security without removing their laptop from the case.

This comes after calls from the Transport Security Administration (TSA) this March to invent a checkpoint-friendly carrier, reports PC World.

The new bags have a number of characteristics, including an unobstructed view of the laptop, no thick dividers and a laptop-only section.

The first company to market the bags is Aerovation, a two-person business based in Ohio in the US.

Aerovatio has sold or given away for promotional use over 1,100 of its checkpoint-friendly bags since June 2008.

Briggs and Riley announced in July that it would introduce its checkpoint-friendly laptop sleeve for £46.

It is expected that the checkpoint-friendly bags could help to speed up the screening process and can protect laptops from bumps and scrapes.

It could also reduce the risk of laptops getting mixed up and of someone stealing laptops.

Meanwhile, Dell has unveiled a new range of special edition laptops created by leading urban artist Mike Ming.