The Vehicle Docking Station for the Trimble Yuma tablet has a clamshell design that securely holds the Yuma tablet. The clamshell design also enables the user to quickly and easily dock and undock the Yuma tablet, ensuring efficient workflow from vehicle to field and back to vehicle.
See the video below for a demonstration of how our Vehicle Docking Station works.
SDG Systems, a long-time partner of Trimble Mobile Computing Solutions, announced on February 2, 2012 that the rugged Yuma tablet computer is now available with the GNU/Linux operating system. The availability of Linux on the Yuma tablet enables the mobile use of Linux-based software, including popular geospatial applications such as GRASS and Quantum GIS.
Todd Blumer, President of SDG Systems, says their customers need a rugged computing platform that runs popular distributions of the Linux operating system, such as Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Netbook Edition. SDG offers other Linux distributions as well, subject to a minimum purchase agreement or an engineering fee.
We are down to hours and minutes left to vote for the New 7 Wonders of Nature. If you haven’t voted, you may want to vote now at www.new7wonders.com.
In looking at the amazing pictures and videos of the wonders of nature from around the world, I was pleased to find our Trimble Yuma rugged tablet computer. The Yuma tablet is used in unique studies of water flow in the Puerto Princesa Underground River, a candidate for the New 7 Wonders of Nature list.
Conrad Blickenstorfer at Rugged PC Review has an excellent review of the Trimble Yuma rugged tablet computer. The review digs deep into many aspects of the user experience, including the display readability in a variety of conditions, and the exceptional battery life. The review also provides performance comparison data with other rugged tablet computers currently available.
Conrad last updated his review in September 2010 after Trimble announced the availability of the Trimble Yuma with Windows 7. Check it out!
This video was recorded using the Trimble Yuma rugged tablet computer. Watch as the proud Yuma owner places the Yuma into a fish pond and records the fish swimming about. A few minutes into the video, the fish
Shawn Curtis joins up with the Iditarod Race support and logistics crew in the wilds of Alaska. It's a rough-and-tumble adventure at every turn. The Nomad is featured prominently in use by the support crew to keep track of where the mushers are on the race course. Shawn employs the new Yuma tablet as the event recorder of choice to document his experiences while on the Iditarod trail.
As I start my second full day in Alaska, I continue to be impressed with the effort surrounding the Iditarod. People are working non-stop during the day and into the wee hours of the night to enable a successful 2009 race, including setting up tracking solutions. It's always interesting to see how plans come to fruition... or what unexpected surprises await. This year, the Iditarod Trail Committee (ITC) is trying to figure out how to get trail breaking snow machines into the back country. Unlike last year, there are several feet of soft snow. It isn't unreasonable to visualize a snow machine buried in ten feet of soft snow, completely unable to move. The air fleet is able to move, but snow machines are another story.
I started this entry without addressing why I'm in Alaska participating in the Iditarod. For the 2009 race, the Trimble Nomad 800X will be a core component of IonEarth's musher tracking system. For the first time, race officials will know where every musher is on the course. Trimble products enable visual display of IonEarth's data. Because of Nomad's rugged construction and design to support performance down to -30C, it was selected as the handheld computer best suited for the job. I could stop the description there, but I'd be leaving out the meat. Here is what musher tracking means for logistics:
1) Situational Awareness
Check point personnel can stop guessing about when mushers will arrive at their checkpoint. Early on in the race, this isn't an issue. However, the race eventually spreads out. While there is data available to predict approximate arrival time to various check points, actual trail conditions can speed up or slow down the pace of the race. As the race spreads out, check point personnel may need to be available for hours or even days. Knowing where mushers are on the trail can significantly aid checkpoint personnel to get needed rest because they can see how far away the next musher is.
2) Safety
Errors happen when people get tired. People definitely get fatigued in the cold, surrounded in white, while pounding down mile after mile after mile. Alert checkpoint personnel are critical. Being able to see the field also provides a safety blanket for mushers. Should someone veer off track, ITC officials have
I've been reading the recent Blog posts here at OutdoorRugged (O|R) and have been very amazed and impressed by the conservation and exploration going on around the world. I doubt many of us at Trimble/TDS would have imagined that our rugged handheld computers would find their way onto the belt loops, hip holsters and backpacks of so many explorers operating on the frontiers of exploration in the early 21st century.
Bear with me as I venture into "Star Trek" for a moment: I appears to me that our rugged handhelds are the tricorder of our modern age, particularly when they are mated with various third-party sensor devices--GPS receivers, temperature probes, cameras, etc. So perhaps the key frontier remaining for our rugged handhelds is the final frontier itself. Anyone here at O|R have friends at NASA? :-)
Coming back to more down-to-earth, First World applications, I have also enjoyed reading the posts about our rugged handhelds participating in the forefront of sports and human performance, and to improve the lives of millions, just a little bit, by enhancing the road system in the UK through more efficient data collection.
In today's world of Green initiatives throughout so many diverse industries and sectors, it's no longer about using technology to bend nature to our needs. Instead, it seems we're using technology to better understand nature's natural state and how to engineer our systems and machines to co-exist with nature as efficiently as possible. Whether its building a better boat, or doing a thorough inventory of a road system, the efforts have "efficiency" in common, a key concept in going Green.
If you’re considering the purchase of a computer that can withstand the elements and work in nearly any condition, then you know there are plenty of “rugged” computers to choose from. Before you make up your mind I have a few things I would like to share to help you while doing your research.
First and foremost, you should know that “rugged” can mean many different things. According to Merriam-Webster’s online dictionary, one definition of the word rugged is “presenting a severe test of ability, stamina, or resolution “ and “strongly built or constituted.” While Trimble Mobile Computing Solution computers are strongly built, it’s the tests they endure that earns them the rugged designation.
SDG Systems, a long-time partner of Trimble Mobile Computing Solutions, announced on February 2, 2012 that the rugged Yuma tablet computer is now available with the GNU/Linux operating system. The availability of Linux on the Yuma tablet enables the mobile use of Linux-based software, including popular geospatial applications such as GRASS and Quantum GIS.
