emergencies
Gadgets

Virginia Tech Emergency Alert System Has 8 Ways Of Finding You

After the 2007 massacre in which Seung Hui-Cho killed 33 people, Virginia Tech has gone to great lengths to improve its campus safety. The University’s latest system is designed to alert students and faculty whether they’re on campus or online.

July 27, 2011
Gadgets

6 Tools To Help Assemble A Modern First Aid KIt

Accidents happen. Disasters strike. Emergencies confront us. You don’t know when these things could happen, so you should be prepared. And in addition to the normal supply of bandages, antiseptics and painkillers, we rounded up six tech-minded first aid solutions.

July 14, 2011
Geek Out

Your Last Best Hope When Your Plane Catches On Fire

So you’re sitting on the runway, waiting to taxi, when suddenly it hits you., “Funny, aeroplanes don’t normally smell like burning.” Then the panic hits. Don’t worry, if your airport has a Colet K/R40 Jaguar, you’ll probably be fine.

June 21, 2011
Online

Facebook Saved A Woman’s Life

Cindy Lincoln was folding laundry when she fell and broke her femur. Because she was in immense pain, Lincoln couldn’t reach a phone. Instead, she logged into Facebook and posted a help message that saved her life.

June 4, 2011
Software

Dr Oz Will Help You Save Lives With Your Android

There’s no replacement for an actual doctor when you’re on the verge of death, but if you find yourself without in the midst of an emergency, the S.O.S. app might help. Come on, it’s powered by Oprah’s favourite doc!

May 27, 2011
Geek Out

Japanese Emergency Toilet Is Just Shitting In A Garbage Bag

When disaster strikes and society comes to a halt, the necessity to relieve yourself doesn’t. If anything, you’ll be more inclined to crap your pants. But it needs to be clean, or else disease spreads. Enter the Japanese emergency crapper.

May 12, 2011
Mobile

Texts Warning Of National Emergencies Will Be Sent By Obama

New Yorkers and Washingtonians will soon be able to elect to be on the SMS list in case of emergencies. More terrorism/nature emergencies than “there’s a cat stuck in the tree on 112th Avenue!”, the service will go live later this year.

May 10, 2011
News

New VOIP Feature: 911 Calls You

Yeah, 911 is a joke in your town, so it’s nice to know about family emergencies at home when you’re away. Ooma‘s new notification service helps make that happen that, pinging you remotely when your home phone calls 911.

April 14, 2011
Gadgets

Emergency Light Helps You Remain Stylish In Moments Of Crisis

The Eton Road Torq is a simple device: toss it in your car (where you hopefully never have to use it). In the event you do need it, dig it out from under the seat, crank the dynamo for two minutes and use the one-watt LED light for 15 minutes. Alternately, you can pop out the tripod legs, flip the torch head open and use the light as an emergency beacon. $US40. [Eton and Brookstone]

April 7, 2011
News

How A Captain Got Sucked Out A Cockpit Window And Survived

There are times in which an aeroplane decompression may not be dangerous. But when your captain literally has half of his body out of one of the cockpit windshields, his face “banging against the window [from the outside]with blood coming out of his nose and the side of his head”, all while the plane – with 81 passengers en route to sunny Málaga, Spain, from Birmingham, England – is “spiralling down at 24m per second with no autopilot and no radio”… well, maybe then it is time to panic.

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