5. Victorinox 1TB SSD Pocketknife
Nothing says “I’m a survivalist” like a pocketknife. But we’re hard pressed to think of a disaster scenario where you might need a two blades, scissors, a screw driver, a file AND 1 terabyte of SSD data storage (capacities of 64GB, 128GB, and 256GB are also available). None the less, that’s what the venerable Victorinox (Swiss Army) brand is offering, among other things, at CES this year. The memory stick itself connects to both USB 3.0 and eSATA ports, and features a 96x48-pixel display that can help you keep track of what is stored on the drive (and how much space has been used). The 1TB version will sell for $3,000 later this year.
Okay—we just thought of a disaster scenario where you might be able to use this product. But in order to understand the disaster scenario, you’ll have to read this short story by sci-fi author Cory Doctorow: “When Sysadmins Ruled the Earth” (PDF)
If the Zombie apocalypse comes, the only tech I want to help survive is a shotgun and a pair of Desert Eagles.
Don't forget the good old baseball bat with some barbed wire around (courtesy of Dead Island)