Disaster Articles on Engadget

March 27, 2013 at 8:02PM

Google Street View lets former Fukushima residents see the town they left

March 8, 2013 at 6:20AM

Google adds public alerts to Search, Now and Maps in Japan

October 31, 2012 at 3:36PM

AT&T and T-Mobile temporarily share networks in New York City and New Jersey, shoulder the post-hurricane load

October 12, 2012 at 10:59AM

Georgia Tech receives $900,000 grant from Office of Naval Research to develop 'MacGyver' robot

September 6, 2012 at 11:21AM

Researchers take full control of cockroach's movement, turn it into a wireless sensor

August 30, 2012 at 1:41AM

Japan considers using social networks in disaster situations

August 6, 2012 at 3:00PM

WiFi-Extending Robot is built like a tank -- we talk to the people behind the project (video)

July 17, 2012 at 11:09PM

Swarming quadrocopters complete trial recon mission for Japanese police (video)

January 24, 2012 at 4:24PM

Magnetic soap could make your next oil spill less oily

December 13, 2011 at 9:44AM

Google's new Street View feature provides eerie glimpse of post-tsunami Japan

November 17, 2011 at 1:47AM

Sprint plans Emergency Alert messaging system in New York City, claims this is only a test

November 9, 2011 at 6:13AM

PSA: FEMA to test nationwide Emergency Alert System today, emphasis on 'test'

September 13, 2011 at 4:53AM

Intel shows disaster management tech at IDF, casts fireballs

August 22, 2011 at 8:29AM

Gemini-Scout robot can scope out mining accidents, may save lives (video)

August 8, 2011 at 11:17AM

Sony intros 200-pound battery to power businesses, government agencies during a blackout

June 16, 2011 at 10:14AM

Parrot AR.Drone floats into damaged New Zealand cathedral, returns with haunting video

May 3, 2011 at 9:27AM

Australia trialing new emergency finder system with centimeter accuracy

April 18, 2011 at 10:56AM

iRobot Packbots enter Fukushima nuclear plant to gather data, take photos, save lives (video)

April 16, 2011 at 11:58PM

TALON robot gets declawed, helps Japan sniff out radiation (video)

April 1, 2011 at 3:25AM

iRobot, QinetiQ machines to assist in Japan relief effort

March 30, 2011 at 9:14AM

Softbank to offer free phones to earthquake orphans, free replacement for lost iPhones

March 22, 2011 at 9:11AM

Aldebaran to create all-terrain disaster relief robots, make a hero of Nao?

March 17, 2011 at 4:39PM

Toshiba and Hitachi LCD plants damaged, will shut down for a month

March 11, 2011 at 9:07AM

Sony, Subaru, and Toyota close factories in wake of earthquake, other companies check in

March 11, 2011 at 7:59AM

Google reacts to Japanese tsunami with a Person Finder tool

May 27, 2010 at 12:44PM

Space Shuttle Atlantis ends its run of predicting disaster for other NASA shuttles

January 19, 2010 at 5:43AM

ReCellular will recycle your phone and donate all proceeds to Haiti disaster relief

November 13, 2009 at 9:08PM

ioSafe Solo hard drive places a 2TB bet on all kinds of disasters

March 4, 2009 at 7:59PM

Researchers develop flying WiFi robots for disaster relief

January 27, 2009 at 3:38AM

E-paper signs being tested in Tokyo for disaster prevention

May 5, 2007 at 4:45AM

Japanese mobiles could make satellite calls to massive dish

May 5, 2007 at 4:45AM

Japanese mobiles could make satellite calls to massive dish

February 27, 2007 at 10:05AM

Modded flashlight doubles as cellphone charger

February 27, 2007 at 10:05AM

Modded flashlight doubles as cellphone charger

January 23, 2007 at 2:24AM

Japan rescuers to get water jet cutters for debris slicing

December 22, 2006 at 4:34PM

TiVo fundraising with self-branded toasters / snowglobes

November 6, 2006 at 10:21AM

Punchscan incorporates cryptography into e-voting

May 31, 2006 at 8:36PM

Discovery HD Yogyakarta Earthquake special: Panic in the Ring of Fire