emergency
Gadgets
Don’t Just Save A Baby, Save Six with the BabyScatt Evacuation Device
12:00PM Andi Wang | Intended for nurseries, hospitals and Angelina Jolie, the BabyScatt Evacuation Device is a cart that can safely hold six infants or four toddlers in case of an emergency. More »
Gadgets
Emergency Yodel Button Creates Avalanche of Ridicule
9:00AM Jack Loftus | With the press of a button, your life will surely change for the negative. More »
Vehicles
Houdini Pro Emergency Rescue Tool Busts You Out Of a Wrecked Or Drowning Car
9:37AM Jason Chen | The Houdini and Houdini Pro are two emergency car tools that improve your chances of not dying when faced with a crashed or sinking car. It’s much like the seatbelt cutters and window shatterers that have been on the market for a while, but also comes with a safety whistle and LED light. The Pro upgrades the seat belt cutter to the big boy status that can get you out of automotive messes that leave you upside down. They’re $US25 and $US40 respectively. Until the days when your kung fu training enables you to punch out a window with your fist and clip your seatbelt with “scissor fingers”, we’d go with these. [Houdini Tool via Gear Diary] More »
Peripherals
Brando Emergency Charger Lights Your Way To Extra Power
5:00PM Gizmodo US Edition | This pocket-sized mobile charger from Brando not only juices the most common mobile devices on the market–including all iPhone and iPods, any mobile phone by a major company, and handheld gaming consoles–it also acts as an emergency torch if you suddenly find yourself in the dark. The light will last about 5 hours and is charged via USB. If you think you’re headed toward a blackout of some sort in the future, pick one up from Brando’s store for $US32 (with free shipping this holiday season). [Brando] More »
Networks
2:00PM Nick Broughall | The days of being asked whether some dodgy looking stranger can use my mobile to send a text message because they’ve run out of credit are finally numbered. Optus has today announced their emergency credit service, which will let their prepaid customers borrow $3 worth of credit by texting ‘IOU’ to 468. The money will automatically be deducted from their account the next time they recharge their account. This is an awesome service, if only because it means I don’t have to fear for my life the next time I tell that massive bogan wanting my phone, “no”.
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Optus Offering Emergency Credit For Pre-Paid Customers
2:00PM Nick Broughall | The days of being asked whether some dodgy looking stranger can use my mobile to send a text message because they’ve run out of credit are finally numbered. Optus has today announced their emergency credit service, which will let their prepaid customers borrow $3 worth of credit by texting ‘IOU’ to 468. The money will automatically be deducted from their account the next time they recharge their account. This is an awesome service, if only because it means I don’t have to fear for my life the next time I tell that massive bogan wanting my phone, “no”.
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Peripherals
Macally PowerLink is Flash drive, Sync Cable, Emergency Juice for iPod, iPhone
2:20AM Kit Eaton | You know how it is: you’re camping in the wild, and your iPhone suddenly runs out of juice, just as you get bored stiff with the music selection you’ve got aboard it. Previously you’d've had to carry a bunch of stuff around to sort this out, but Macally’s PowerLink has come to the rescue. With USB plug on one end and 30-pin iPod connector on the other, it acts as a sync cable, but has a battery inside to give you a squirt of extra power if you’re in a pinch. It also packs a 2GB flash drive, but you’ll need to get mp3’s off that via iTunes, sadly. No info on how long the battery lasts, but as a 3-in-1 gizmo it’s pretty useful. Out “soon” for US$49.99. [OhGizmo] More »
Peripherals
Juicebar: A Super-Thin Disposable Mobile Phone Charger
7:20AM Sean Fallon | The British company behind the Juicebar are billing it as “the world’s slimmest emergency phone charger.” The device looks about as big as a cardboard coaster, but apparently it is capable of powering up a phone for up to 480 minutes of standby, or around 60 minutes of talk time depending on the device. Full charge is reached in about an hour, but you are free to talk anytime during that period. More »
Design
CPR Pad Makes Resuscitation as Easy as ABC
7:11PM Gizmodo US Edition | This concept is a gizmo which you’d have in a first aid kit to help you if someone collapses and needs CPR. You’d whack it on the chest of the ill person, line it up and follow its instructions. It flashes to give you proper timing, and clicks to let you know you’re using the right chest-compression pressure (it’s harder than you think). It looks pretty simple, and is exactly the sort of thing that might help save a few lives in an emergency. Best of all, it’s a classic case of nominative determinism in action: its designer is Ryan Helps. [Yanko Design] More »
Gadgets
IOGear GearJuice Rescue Charger: 15 Mins of Emergency Gadget Power
6:56PM Gizmodo US Edition | Sure, there are other emergency chargers out there, ready to give your gizmos a puff of extra life when they’re out of juice, but perhaps none so pocketable as IOGear’s new GearJuice Rescue charger. Just big enough to house a single AA battery it’s got a mini-USB plug to connect up to many MP3 players, cameras and phones. It’ll give a phone about 15 mins of talk time— enough to call Mum and Dad and tell them you’ll be home late and your phone’s out of juice, anyway. Available for around US$11.99. [iogear and Akihabaranews] More »
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