We’re used to media overload in our lives, after all, most of us have immediate access to any information we want, right in our pockets and bags. This isn’t true of the entire world and in some places, radio is what keeps people informed. In South Sudan, one radio station went full solar power to make sure people could get the news.
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500 Channel Police Scanner – find out where all those cops cars are rushing to without leaving your living room
How would you like to get the news, before it’s news? If you’re the type of person that wants to be REALLY abreast of what emergency services are doing in your neighborhood, the 500 Channel Police Scanner will let you know what’s happening straight from the dispatch.
Read MoreCrosley Ranchero Radio – Mad Men look with modern sound
Radios are so useful. Talk shows, news, terrible pop music. All things you miss when you only listen to your own music. The Crosley Ranchero Radio is a cute vintage inspired table top radio and MP3 player.
Read MoreView Quest Retro Radio – retro style, modern tunes
I don’t own any Apple products and mostly I’m more than fine with that, but every now and then I see something that makes me cry because I didn’t buy an iPhone. The View Quest Retro Radio is one such product.
Read MoregoTenna – No wi-fi? No cell service? No problem, just turn your smart phone into a CB radio
If you’re like me, you take your cell phone wherever you go but it always seems like the times you need it most, you don’t have any service. Say your car breaks down and you need to call a friend or you’re running late for a meeting and you’re coming from the middle of nowhere. Without fail, no service. goTenna is a product designed to keep you communicating when your mobile service fails.
Read MoreRed Cross FRX3 Eton Emergency Radio – this is the box you really need when you’re in trouble
Radios are so 1950s. Well, until you have an emergency, your phone battery dies and you have no idea what’s going on in the greater world. Then you’re going to be wishing for a little AM/FM love. The Red Cross FRX3 Eton Emergency Radio takes it to the next level.
Read MoreThe aliens are coming, the aliens are coming…Alabama terrified
In today’s world where almost everyone is connected to the Internet, who would have thought that a mere radio ad would have people running around all over the place in the belief that an alien invasion is upon us. Orson Welles famously triggered mass hysteria over the radio waves in 1938 with his War of The Worlds broadcast, but in 2013? Really?
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