Survival kit/Wallet

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This article describes how to make a "survival wallet" consisting of a breast wallet with imbedded suvival, communication and media equipment. It is taken from my website.

Overview

At the moment, no good Travel/Survival Wallet with integrated communication/media system exist which may be used in world travel (supplying both assistance in times of emergency aswell as good, usable communication technology). In addition, no good (low-tech, cheap, light) systems exist to allow world travellers aswell as everyday citizens to store all of their everyday items (ID card, laptop with communication technology, money, ...) at a centralised place on their body. As such, I created a design for this and the specifications/set-up may be found below. This info was taken from my original website.

The Basic Set-up

The solution I found that can store both regular items needed in civilian life (e.g. money, bank cards, international driving license, ...), some basic, regularly usable survival items; as a small knife, small light, antiseptic, ...) and provide additional benefits for communication, ... consists of a breast wallet (attached to a small, wireless headset), wrist band with combined compass/watch and a ultra-mobile pc with speech recognition, fixed to a belt (tie-down strap, waist belt or alternatively, webbing with ladderlock fastener; belt would also feature small pockets). The belt should be strong enough to carry the weight of a person, and should be able to be used for climbing. As such, an extra chain, rope with small carabiner should be present that can easily be attached between the two legs for this climbing feature. Aldough a additional webbing can be simple used, the use of a chain allows quick removal, which may be more practical for running. The breast wallet would hold money, ID-cards, papers, and most survival items while the belt would be hold some extra survival/observation items and ultra-mobile pc itself the media capability. Wrist band would include the watch/compass capability aswell as provide some lightning. This set-up is highly usable and may be used for everyday life, (world) travel and even in emergency/survival situations. In addition, the system would in its normal set-up also feature a ultra mobile pc. The ultra mobile pc would be used as a very cheap portable media player (similar to an Ipod), and also has a GPS-receiver, mobile phone functionality (trough wireless internet connection over VoIP and satellite communication) and extra capabilities (web-browsing, text-editing, e-book reading, ...)The Ultra-Mobile PC-battery would finally also provide the energy needed for a small faraday flashlight (connected inmediatelly hereon) and a small digital camera (to take pictures of the surrounding and of documents, ...)

Aldough composed of commonly commercially available items, it has distinctive differences which include:


For the breast wallet

For the belt

For the bag (preferably sling bag):

For the wrist band with compass/watch

Items included in the belt, breast wallet and Ultra-Mobile PC-part/satchel

For the wrist band with compass/watch:

For the breast wallet:

For the Ultra-Mobile PC-connected belt:

For the flashlight

The flashlight should be a faraday head torch, that is recharged by motion (walking) and by the OLPC (for fast recharging). The battery used should be a capacitor. The flashlight should be build into the hood of the Multipurpose_clothing, worn with the survival wallet/OLPC.

For the ultra mobile pc

In addition, a small blood pressure meter should be added to determine the salt intake and vary it depending on the amount and type of food eaten.

Benefits

Its benefits are:

At the moment, aldough such most components can already be simply bought at the commercial circuit, some cannot (belt pouches of less than 1,5 inch cannot be found). Also, most commercially available equipment are of poor quality, have unusable features/design, are too expensive, ... Aldough when you carefully select your supplier you might get relative good material, equipment that incorporate all the benefits, quality, ... found above will never be achieved. Simply the non-polluting feature is something which not one supplier is currently offering.

Note on the UMPC-satchel: Aldough it is possible to simply put the UMPC in a satchel; it is even more efficient to opt for an alternative. The belt in which the survival items are placed may be simply attached to the OLPC so that the waist belt does not need to include so much items and so that the faraday flashlight/camera may be easily used from the laptop.

FAQ

Why is such a plain knife used and why is no pocket survival tool (PST) included ? The survival items mentioned in this document focus mainly on true survival and emergency situations. As these situations typically only last only a few days, no items involving food gathering need to be foreseen (people can do without food up to 30 days without problems). In addition, water gathering is a much more serious problem and needs to be solved immediately (within 3 days). Also, if food is consumed, extra water gathering needs to be done as for the food digestion extra water is required. Finally, if extra items for food gathering are taken, the pack gets larger (which may result in not carrying it all the time and it would also get heavier (requiring one to spend extra energy for carrying it along)

Why is salt and blood pressure included/discussed ? Another serious issue (next to water gathering) is salt intake. Besides being required heavily by the body, maintaining a good blood pressure is also vital for survival. This as low blood pressure (which can easily result from not eating a few days) will make people less fit (dizziness, tiredness, ...) and thus less capable of getting trough the first few days of a survival situation (which are always vital). Also, for people going extensively abroad, the types of food consumed are seriously altered depending on the area visited (different cultures bring different foods/meals). In these situations too, checking your blood pressure often and maintaining a regular salt intake is vital to remain healthy while on the road and will make your trip more enjoyable.

More information

Omron HEM-808F Compact Finger Blood Pressure Monitor http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art15467.asp (Lumiscope 1083N Finger blood pressure monitor; cheaper)

http://www.raymears.com/

P.S.1: The self-made CAD designs which work together to this Travel/Survival Wallet System may be viewed at my blog (under CAD models)

P.S.2: A article on living a ethical/environmental life, travelling, and making preparations therefore may be found at this website

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