March 2020

ARBOR's website now contains a section on Epidemic Prevention, highlighting technology that can help the fight against infection. ARBOR shows portable temperature screening stations, compact temperature screening solutions, continuous temperature monitoring, handheld temperature screening and more, all taking advantage of sensor technologies, infrared, edge computing, IoT, cloud solutions, etc. [See ARBOR Epidemic Prevention Solutions]

First look: RuggON's speedy new VIKING MT7030 Android 9-based compact vehicle computer
RuggON today announced the VIKING MT7030 as a durable, powerful all-in-one vehicle terminal for fleet management, asset management, and Electronic Logging (ELD) applications. It's a rugged, super-compact 7-inch vehicle-mount computer that combines state-of-the-art Android software and underlying Snapdragon 660 hardware with the kind of comprehensive wired and wireless connectivity (including both legacy and USB-C) required in vehicular applications. [See description, analysis and specs of the RuggON VIKING MT7030] -- Posted Wednesday, March 25, 2020

Getac launches #SheShowsTheWay campaign as a platform for everybody to share their female role models
Getac celebrated the recent International Women's Day (March 8) with a special "Show Us Your Heroes!" feature. Getac, acknowledging that a lack of role models discourages and limits the entrance of female professionals into critical fields such as IT, law or engineering, created the #SheShowsTheWay campaign, highlighting some of their own female leaders and professionals. Getac noted that the #SheShowsTheWay campaign will continue as a platform for everybody to share their female role models. To participate, send an email to Getac-eMKTG-Global@getac.com or post on social media with the hashtag #SheShowsTheWay and share your story! [See SHOW US YOUR HEROES!] -- Posted Wednesday, March 18, 2020

First look: Handheld's thoroughly modern Android keypad Nautiz X41
There are great designs that, through no fault of their own, are replaced by something new and different. Sometimes such replacement leaves a void, as well as lost convenience and productivity. The flip phone was such an example. Likewise, most rugged handheld computers are touch-only these days, even though keypads can be very useful. Which is why the Handheld Group created their new, state-of-the-art rugged Android Nautiz X41 WITH a keypad. [See description, analysis and specs of the Handheld Nautiz X41] -- Posted Wednesday, March 4, 2020

Full review: Teguar TM-4433-10 compact, versatile industrial-grade medical PC
Computers used in medical settings inhabit a special niche somewhere in between consumer/enterprise and industrial-grade panels or embedded systems. Medical-grade PCs must use special anti-microbic materials, must be easy to clean and disinfect, must have generous I/O, must be easy to mount just about anywhere, and must comply with all sorts of medical certifications. We took a detailed look at Teguar's compact 10-inch TM-4433-10 Healthcare PC and found it well designed, very well made, and exceptionally versatile for all sorts of medical/clinical deployments. [See full review of the Teguar TM-4433-10 medical PC] -- Posted Tuesday, March 3, 2020