CPR Flashlight - A rescue-tool mashup...

If you're putting together any kind of emergency kit, it's likely to include a flashlight. (Disasters always happen in the dark? Hmm. Anyway...) So if you're throwing one in there regardless, why not make it do double duty as a talking CPR guide? Yup, this Talking CPR Flashlight talks you through the process of CPR - breathing, chest compressions, and most importantly, how many to do of each and how quickly. It's certainly a worthy idea, but I believe that its interface could use some work - looking at the buttons in the photo, I'm not sure which to hit first, "CPR" or one of the buttons designating it for an adult, baby, or child. And in fact, the choice to represent those categories of people as A-B-C makes those buttons seem more like steps in a process than settings! Maybe icons showing an easily-identified full-body profile of those three types of people would be more clear...
[via BookofJoe and Engadget]