You can update your emergency plans with the ReadyBox, a high-tech emergency supply kit. In addition to containing traditional emergency standbys, such as a flashlight and water, the kit also includes a universal phone charger powered by a hand crank.

With hurricane season on the horizon, and random disasters of all kinds seemingly happening almost everywhere, a new high-tech emergency supply kit for the ordinary citizen is getting high marks from first responders.

It's been a disaster-laden year, to put it mildly. From tornadoes to tsunamis to floods to earthquakes, 2011 has hit nearly every part of the world with a brutal vengeance. The news is littered with stories of people forced to flee their homes after finding themselves transported from normal-day life to calamitous situations. If all this hasn't made you stop and think, "Wait, am I prepared in case something happens?" then the looming 10-year-anniversary of the September 11th attacks should get you there.