Those of us who travel with our laptops for business or even on vacation know the drill: Open bag, remove laptop, place in bin, watch warily as it zips away taking your entire digital life with it. Then rush to pick it up as you put on your shoes and your belt and grab your purse -- all at the same time your flight is boarding.

Well, TSA feels our pain. And they want us to bag that anxiety with a new "checkpoint friendly" laptop bag. These new bags have been created -- with TSA's help -- to allow laptops to pass through X-ray inspection while still inside the case. How it works: the bags have a laptop only compartment that unfolds and will lie flat on the X-ray belt. The bags contain no pockets, zippers or metal snaps. Just the laptop.

The new rules go into effect in about a week. You can see a TSA video on how to pack your laptop bag here. Among the manufacturers selling TSA-approved laptop bags are Mobile Edge (who also have a backpack that will scan), Skooba Design, and CODi.

(Photo: The CODi Phantom CT3 laptop bag is priced at $225 at codidirect.com)