Last year, Dr. BenjaminSchwartz approached AMREL about his need for a mobile computer to install a sensor network in Virginia’s Omega Cave system. Putting a sensor network in an extensive cave system is no picnic. Dr. Schwartz and his team needed to haul hundreds of pounds of equipment through wet mud, narrow passageways, and steep vertical inclines. The mud alone on a cave researcher’s clothes can be 60 lbs.
Dr. Schwartz needed a computer that is light, mobile, and would absolutely not fail. When you’re miles underground, there are not a lot of options if your computer breaks down.
AMREL recommended the ROCKY DB6. It not only runs the same programs as the laptop that Dr. Schwartz had been using, but it also is substantially lighter. Furthermore, it is has been independently certified to be fully rugged, and had been successfully deployed in harsh environments around the world.
Learn more about the fascinating challenge of installing sensor networks in a cave, and see amazing photos.
