This T-shirt lets you communicate in any language
<p>Swiss company <a href="https://iconspeak.world/" target="_blank"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Iconspeak</span></strong></a> have designed the smartest travel item that you can pack in your suitcase: a t-shirt. Well, not just any T-shirt – this clever design features 40 essential icons that you can simply point to when asking locals for help.</p>
<p>George Horn, Iconspeak’s CEO, told <a href="http://edition.cnn.com/2016/04/19/travel/iconspeak-t-shirt-speaks-any-language/index.html" target="_blank"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">CNN</span></strong></a> the idea came to him while travelling with friends in Vietnam when one of their motorbikes broke down. The locals couldn’t understand English or French, so Horn decided to draw symbols on a piece of paper and found they worked incredibly well.</p>
<p><img width="499" height="280" src="https://oversixtydev.blob.core.windows.net/media/18954/iconspeak-hero_499x280.jpg" alt="Iconspeak (2)"/></p>
<p>The shirt costs just US $33 and could save travellers a lot of time, money and frustration due to miscommunication with locals. Some of the icons include transport (train, bus, airport etc.), hospital, Wi-Fi, food and even beer – just the important things!</p>
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