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Filming "Wadjda" was an odyssey in itself. In conservative neighbourhoods, local residents would block shooting, or Mansour would have to direct from a van with a walkie-talkie, as she could not be seen in public together with male crew and actors.

A soldier stands guard on a road while a vehicle carrying internally displaced people flee military operations in Tora Warai, a town in Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas, on July 9, 2011.

You don't need to spend thousands of dollars on a 3D printer if you want a plastic gun.

Jon Perry says his inspiration behind making a tough, reliable and rugged expedition gadget came from his long-time outdoorsy companion - his dog Earl.

For those times when you're not, there's the Earl Backcountry Survival Tablet . Designed specifically for use in the wilderness, it offers features like a 1024 x 768 6" flexible E-Ink screen with the ability to double as an emergency lantern, a built-in AM/FM/SW/LW radio tuner, an IP67 rated water/dust/shock/mud-proof design, an integrated solar ... (more)

It's not video messages, it's video chat. Glide, a new app, turns your phone into a video walkie talkie.

Question: When driving and not having a hands-free device, is it legal to pull over to the shoulder to answer a call? If not, what is the protocol? Another writer asks: I see more and more people holding their cellphones in front of them like a walkie-talkie while driving.

On a recent cloudy Saturday afternoon, Aundria Riggen spent two hours doing what some of Finance & Commerce's readers spend 40 hours a week doing: manning the controls of an excavator, digging holes and backfilling them.

Surprisingly, ham radio is something that has not been entirely messed up by state action.

There are a lot of communication tools that help you stay connected with family and friends.

I was only five-years-old when my dad was diagnosed with MS. I remember this day was so clearly, like it happened yesterday.

But now, there is a great application that allows users to easily and instantly communicate for free; TTtalk Walkie-Talkie. This app can transform your phone into a supreme walkie-talkie and instant messenger.

Created by Bricom Solutions, this nifty walkie-talkie docking device is called the Alianza DXB, and can transform your phone into a two-way radio.

Haifaa Al Mansour had to go to great lengths to make the groundbreaking Saudi film "Wadjda" - and not only because it is the first feature made entirely in Saudi Arabia and the first directed by a Saudi woman.

John Kelly's walkie-talkie continually blasted as he hustled around the Cape Cod Sea Camps grounds Sunday, overseeing the final preparations for the Rotary Youth Leadership Award weekend.

At a Saturday ceremony attended by Commander of the Iranian Army's Ground Forces Brigadier General Ahmad-Reza Pourdastan, Fadak walkie-talkie, Sahand-3 multiple rocket launcher and T-72 Tank simulator were put on display.