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New kite-side and ground-side tether attachment-gimbals and magnet-based angle sensors (low-cost and rugged). New flap suspensions. New powertrain attachment design (now directly mounted to wing). ...
Soaring demand for cloud resources has placed data centers under enormous pressure to scale quickly to meet demand. No company feels this pressure more than Facebook (now called Meta), whose many brands, including Messenger, Instagram, and WhatsApp, have nearly 3.6B active users across their platforms. Facebook found a way to tackle its challenges using a BMS (building management system) ...
SAVORTEX engineers optimised their digital-brushless motors to power its new range of smart hand-dryers because they are powerful yet very energy efficient and offer 10x the life compared to traditional brushed motor hand dryers. Rugged and reliable. SAVORTEX partnered with Intel® and incorporated the latest Intel Atom processor because of its ruggedised ...
Challenge Find a rugged computer capable of handling a large-scale coal mining operation’s very specific needs. ...
Surveyors in Australian Outback depend on rugged mobile technology to navigate and map remote regions in paperless field surveys. ...
With help from the Algiz XRW portable rugged notebook computer from Handheld Group, two scientists hosted the Arctic Science Field Logistics project from autumn to spring 2013-14, providing researchers from around the world a unique opportunity to collect scientific data in a remote Arctic location. ...
Predicting Machine Failure With Rugged Handhelds Most rotating-machine components give warning signs before they malfunction. ...
Traditionally, geologists use pencil and paper when logging soil descriptions, drilling tests, and well diagrams in the field. We wanted to see if we could speed up this process using a field computer. We tested a fully ruggedized Yuma2 tablet computer (retail value of $3500) and a consumer grade Dell Venue 8 (retail value $250). Both computers run a full version of Windows 7 or 8. So, we ...
"What struck us first was that they said we could get 14 work-ready handheld computers within our budget. That got our attention." Then they explained that the Nomad rugged handheld they were recommending had cellular communication capability - something that had been tested and used extensively in European models, but that was relatively new for a ...
But Renova worked with technology vendors to devise a combination of radio-frequency identification (RFID), barcode scanning, customized software and rugged handheld computers, and the new system streamlines the process impressively. ...
And thanks to the capabilities of the Recon ultra rugged mobile computer from Handheld and the ability to simplify their own software, Gasmet has developed the Dx-4030, a solution that combines the best attributes of both old choices into one new and vastly superior one. A rugged handheld and improved software The first challenge was to find ...