Tag: emergency
5 New Technologies To Help During A Zombie Apocalypse [Infographic]
Just when I thought writing about the zombie apocalypse was soooo 2012, everyone's getting all juiced up for the 4th season of The Walking Dead, which ...
Solar Powered Smartphone Charging Stations In NYC Parks Starting Today
New Yorkers are typically away from home during the day, and far away from their smartphone chargers. Anyone who lives in a big city like NYC understa ...
$12 Basic Emergency Phone Emerges In China
I think a lot of people are sick and tired of having to constantly upgrade their phones. Some tech geeks would happily buy an upgraded smartphone seve ...
Pebble Smartstick Is Your Marker-Sized Emergency Charger
As far as battery life on your mobile device goes, there is no getting around the fact that it will eventually run out. Until some clever innovator co ...
GPS Cane Makes Growing Older A Digital Endeavor
If you worry about growing old because you think your physical and mental health might end up getting you into trouble in the real world, you should s ...
Building In Shanghai Installs Deployable Emergency Slide
Safety should always be of great concern in every aspect of life. You might think your world is secured, anchored and safe, but things can change in a ...
Emergency Solar Cooker Could Help Disaster Victims Recover Faster
When a disaster strikes, the preparations people have made never seem to be enough. Power is nowhere to be found, food is in short supply and people a ...
Emergency Flashlight Translates Communication Instantly
The world has seen its share of catastrophes, and with each one, we learn how to become a little bit more prepared. It's virtually impossible to fores ...
Wrist Charger Puts An Emergency Power Source On Your Wrist
Most of us have at some point found ourselves in the annoying situation when our battery runs out on our mobile device. At that point, there is little ...
Chewing Gum Batteries Could Power All Our Gadgets In The Future
What do you do when seemingly the entire world is focused on creating the next groundbreaking gadget? What can you possibly do to leverage all that co ...
World’s Fastest Cockroach Robot Was Designed To Save Lives
The American cockroach is one of the fastest insects in the world (and the nastiest). People here spend a lot of money to keep those bugs out of their ...
Emergency Flashlight Runs On Any Size Batteries You Can Find
When the power goes out, we all find ourselves in a situation which is unnatural for most of us. Pretty much everything around us is dependent on elec ...
Hand-Crank Phone Charger (For When You’re Without Electricity)
Living without electricity is a big deal, and if you are blessed enough not to know what that feels like, try doing it for one day. It will be torture ...
How To: Unlock Your Car With A Shoelace
When I was attending University, my roommates and I often used our driver's licenses (or any plastic card that size) to open the door to our dorm, and ...
Fashion Designs That Transform Into Emergency Equipment
Do you know what a prepper is? I just learned about this a few days ago. A prepper is a person or group of people who believe that a catastrophe might ...