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Gadget Lab's put together a list of "12 Good Gadgets for Hard Times." It seems like they are getting ready for an apocalypse. The list includes a bicycle, a GSM-based cellphone and a water filter bottle, because: "Finding clean water to drink can become a major problem in the event of a natural disaster — or a breakdown of the public water-processing system." Everybody panic! [Gadget Lab]