Tag: CAMPING

Usually, when we talk about the union of gadgets and the outdoors, we're discussing how the latest tech can make your excursions into the wild safer or more comfortable. It turns out, though, that our gadgets are just as adept at putting us in harm's way. The New York Times spoke with park rangers from around the nation, and compiled a list of anecdotes about cameras and cell phones putting ...

The Boy Scout motto 'Be Prepared' is about to take on a whole new meaning. After resisting for quite a while, the organization is joining the Internet Age. It's a whole new 'wilderness' for young men to navigate. According to the Associated Press, The Boy Scout Handbook will be available in a digital version for the first time. In addition to instructional videos, the online text will include a ...

Shiny Shiny may have picked up on this wind-up LED lamp specifically for festival season, but here in the States we aren't lucky enough to have such a thing. Still, this lamp could come in pretty handy while camping or during a black out. The lamp will last 48 hours when fully wound on 'night light' or 'safety light' mode, or four hours in 'ambient' mode. Getting there shouldn't take too long ...

Kids who play video games are fat, anti-social, and overly violent, right? Not necessarily, but that's what many people think, so outdoor "sporting" equipment retailer Bass Pro Shops is capitalizing on this misperception for a sales event happening next week. Bring in an old video game, any old thing you like, and get 15-percent off of your purchase at the store. The idea is, of course, to get ...

Research sponsored by The Nature Conservancy has determined that as people spend more time surfing the Web and playing video games indoors, they are less interested in experiencing the outdoors and less caring about what happens to the environment. The study was conducted in the United States and Japan and tracks the rise of video game play in the early 1980s along with a decline in visits to ...

Just what kind of people have taken a vacation from sanity this week to camp out for an iPhone? Well, it ain't pretty. When you finally get your iPhone, and you're so proud to show it off to friends, remember this: These winners had one first. This guy looks like a weird cross between your high school science teacher and a tweaker coming down off of a meth high. And look in the ...