Cool Gadgets You'll See in 2009: (Part 1) 4

Eton ARC FR600

If you've seen the current financial crisis as step one of an impending apocalypse (2012 anybody?) and since decided to bury your money somewhere in the deep woods, you may want to check out the new American Red Cross Solarlink FR600 by Etón before you go. This feature-packed radio gives you many options. Power? Choose between AC, battery, solar power, or the hand cranked dynamo. Radio? Use the digital tuner to dial up AM, FM, shortwave radio, all seven NOAA weather channels, and SAME (Specific Area Message Encoding), which gives you location based weather alerts in case that avalanche is headed your way. It also has an 1/8-inch input and a USB cellphone charger, so you can serenade some woodland creatures with the folk rock on your iPod and keep your BlackBerry up and running at the same time. What about when it gets dark? There's also built in LED flashlight. Look for it in early 2009 for $80.