Survival Preparedness, Small Solar Charger

An Idea I had to try again, after my cousins power outage. This is a direct use. Indirect would be to charge a Car battery or something like it to hold a charge. Then connect the clips with the lighter plug to it. I did this with my multi-function / Mp3 player. You could do something like this for charging a cell phone or anything else.
Larger items may require a larger solar panel or at least a longer time spent charging it.

Episode-685- Dr. Eric Wilke on Survival Medicine

From: June 15th, 2011 on  The Survival Podcast.  Disclaimers & Policies

Dr. Eric Wilke,  is  a residency trained emergency medicine physician in practice for 12+ years.  He also direct the local fire department and the tactical medics for the SWAT team in his area. He has traveled to Africa to deliver medical care in austere environments and with very limited resources.  Today he joins us to discuss some common diseases with potential to kill and how they can be recognized and treated.
Join us today as we discuss…

• The top global killers world wide
• Prevention of illness in harsh conditions
• Making water safe to drink
• Improving hydration
• Treatment of bacterial and viral infections
• How to properly store medications
• Military research into the storage life of medications
• Thoughts on the current nuclear issues in Japan
• Common sense alternative medicine
• Ways to maintain your current health
• Building a first aid emergency medicine kit

How to find PDF Files and Cool Free eBooks

From: survivalpodcasting
This video is a simple Google hack that lets you find pdf files so you can get free eBooks and other cool documents in PDF file format. Don't let the term "hack" scare you it is very easy to do and it takes only about 3 seconds to use as well.

Why would you want to find PDF files exclusively? First and foremost because many eBooks are in that file format and free eBooks are cool and are available on about any subject you can imagine. Second a PDF is perfect to print, send to a handheld reader, etc.

So check out this quick video and go find all types of great free reading that is nicely formatted for printing and for reading on hand held readers like the Kindle.

Audio Podcast: Episode-672- Embracing Technology as a Modern Survivalist

From: Thursday, May 26th, 2011 on  The Survival Podcast.  Disclaimers & Policies

"Technology gets a bad rap with some preppers but I find it amusing that they voice their displeasure in places like an internet forum.  To do so they are using electricity, a computer and an internet connection.  I have asked more than one such person if they ride a hose to work each day or drive a car, that usually makes a solid point strait away."
"Also please consider that things like bow drill fires, the sun compass, the spear, the atlatl and dead fall traps were at one time, “cutting edge technology”.  So today we discuss some of my favorite technology resources and how I use them as part of my planning, prepping and to create lifestyle redundancy."  - Jack Spirko

Discussing the following technologies:

• Emergency Weather Alerts/Radios
• Google News Alerts
• Facebook/Twitter
• Off the shelf back up power
• Solar/Hand Crank Radio
• The GPS
• Thumb Drives – Portable Data
• Lap Top Computers
• Digital Camera
• Ready.gov etc.
• YouTube (Download Helper)
• Mobile Apps
  • GPS Drive by MotionX (Link)
  • The Weather Channel App (Link)
  • ShopSavy (Link)
  • Oanda Currency Converter (Link)
  • Wiki How Emergency Survival Kit (Link)
  • Medicinal Herb ID (Link)
  • 5-0 Radio Pro (Link)
  • Kindel App (Link)
  • Around Me (Link)

Free Solar Daytime Lighting

 Ever wonder how you could get some free lighting for a dark shed, outbuilding, barn, workshop, etc. Especially useful when you don't have any windows to light a room up during the day. This Project could be just what your looking for. Try using a 2-Liter Bottle as a 50 Watt Light Bulb  lightbulb hack. Cheaper than adding windows or a sunroof.