Myke Hawke’s Green Beret Survival Manual

August 28, 2009 - Leave a Response

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Green Beret and outdoor survival expert Myke Hawke provides the most practical and accessible survival skills and information necessary for anyone to survive an unexpected situation in the outdoors. These are the most tried-and-true methods based on Hawke’s 25- year career as a captain in the US Army Green Berets, founder of the survival training company Spec Ops Inc, and popular survival expert on a wide range of television shows. Geared to the untrained civilian, Hawke provides essential and easy-to-apply information on shelter, water, fire, food, survival psychology, first aid, tools, navigation, signaling, and basic natural phenomena. Hawke’s Green Beret Survival Manual gives every reader the tools necessary to survive the worst imaginable circumstance and make it out alive. With more than 200 how-to illustrations and complete survival-training information, this is the most useful and user-friendly survival book available.

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HeaterMeals: The Self-Heating Meal

August 28, 2009 - Leave a Response

HeaterMeals Plus™, The Self-Heating Meal, Plus all The Fixings™ is a Complete Meal Kit with a beverage designed in 2002 to feed U. S. Military Units on Training Exercises, and for use by first responders such as Law Enforcement, Fire Departments, and the Red Cross.

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Bike Trailer House Makes Its Inventor Live Green In A Cramped Space

August 26, 2009 - Leave a Response

Living in a luxury home that offers the best in technology to you isn’t what everybody dreams about. There are a few people who love to live green in home which can be moved to any location at any time and that too without emitting a single gram of carbon into the atmosphere.

via Eco Homes: Bike Trailer House Makes Its Inventor Live Green In A Cramped Space – Ecofriend.

The USB Sun Drive Solar Charger

August 24, 2009 - Leave a Response

Solar chargers are thankfully getting smaller and smaller, which is good for those of you that prefer to use renewable energy every chance you get. It’s also great for those that just would like to have a small solar charger in case of an emergency. This one is plenty small enough that it could even easily fit into your pocket. It’s ideal for all of your smaller gadgets to give you a charge when you’re in dire need of one.

via The USB Sun Drive Solar Charger » Coolest Gadgets.

Solar Power Your Electronics with Your Bag! » Curbly | DIY Design Community « Keywords: noonsolar, solar, energy, bag

August 24, 2009 - Leave a Response

Now, you can not only live off the grid, but you can walk off of it as well. Inhabitat highlights NoonSolar bags, “slick messengers and purses collect the rays of the sun and churn them into fresh juice for your PDA, iPod or other must-be-charged gadget.”noonsolar, solar powered bags, eco bag, photovoltaic bag, back to school bags, solar bagsThey’re quite pricey, but think of all the batteries you’ll save.

via NoonSolar Bags: Solar Power Your Electronics with Your Bag! » Curbly | DIY Design Community « Keywords: noonsolar, solar, energy, bag.

Midland XT511 Base Camp – Emergency Crank Radio

August 23, 2009 - One Response

A key part of survival in groups is communication.  If you can’t communicate, you can’t survive.  With the Midland Crank Powered portable radio,  you can be sure you’ll always have a way to communicate without having to worry about power options.  See the details after the jump:

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Travel light with a solar recharger

August 14, 2009 - Leave a Response

While the fact that you can charge gadgets using solar power is pretty nifty, she bought it for the multitude of charging adapters that came with it. By using the FreeLoader she doesn’t need to carry 1 all the associated mains-power chargers for her gear, and thus 2 doesn’t need power adapters for different countries.

New Solar Powered Flight Record Set By A British Family – Ecofriend

August 11, 2009 - Leave a Response

A paramotor flight has nothing to do with ataxia, a debilitating disease, but it deserves mention when it’s the longest ever solar powered flight carried out in order to spread awareness about the above mentioned disease. The Cardozos, a British family and a group of friends set a new record by travelling a distance of 1,242 miles from Monte Carlo to Morocco in an electric paramotor powered by the sun. The journey was completed in 15 days. Among the fleet, there were three other paramotors powered by bioethanol and each of the others included 12 solar panels and lithium polymer batteries. With an average journey of 130 miles a day at the height of 5,000 feet, the team travelled through France and Spain.

Eco Rides: New Solar Powered Flight Record Set By A British Family – Ecofriend.

The Cutest Little PreFab Ever! » Curbly | DIY Design Community « Keywords: prefab, cube, tiny_house

August 10, 2009 - Leave a Response

If the Carre D’etoiles had cheeks I’d pinch ‘em! The little French prefab cubes are what we here in MN would call cabins, but they’re unlike any cabin I’ve ever seen. They’re about 10′ x 10′ square of pure luxury.

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Pocket Sized Combat Survival Kit

July 29, 2009 - Leave a Response