Short video shows how easy it is to change the hard drive, battery, and CD-ROM unit of the rugged AMREL ROCKY RT9.
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The hot days of summer are associated with swimming, BBQs, and other good times. However, it is no fun when your laptop overheats. Here are a couple of things to do when your computer becomes too hot to handle: Read more
Army Aviation Association of America, Tennessee Valley Chapter, will host the 39th Cribbins Aviation Product Symposium, and AMREL will be there.
Come by and see the RF9, the only fully rugged laptop with a 17” display, and the ROCKY DB6, the lightest fully rugged handheld in the world that can run full Windows/Linux OS .
Where: February 6 -7
Where: Table 35, Von Braun Center, Huntsville, Alabama
AMREL announced the launch of ROCKY U12Ci, a lightweight convertible laptop / tablet.
“The ROCKY U12Ci is the one of the lightest rugged convertible notebooks to ever pass MIL-STD 810G for Drop, Vibration, and Shock,” said Kalvin Chen, AMREL’s Director of Technology Marketing. “That’s the toughest military standard for ruggedness.”
The ROCKY U12Ci has a pivot hinge that allows the user to turn the 12.1” display 180° and flip the LCD/touch panel. The U12Ci functions equally well as a laptop and a tablet. Read more
AMREL will be at Modern Day Marine next week. Come by AMREL’s booth #1037 and see the “largest” and the “smallest.” The “largest” would be the RF9, which has the biggest display of any fully rugged laptop on the market. The “smallest” would be the ROCKY DB6, which is the smallest fully rugged handheld in the world that can run full Windows/Linux OS. See you at Quantico!
You can spot an AMREL laptop being used as an Operator Control Unit for a PackBot at about 59 seconds into this episode of NCIS: Los Angeles. For once, TV gives a relatively accurate depiction of how unmanned systems are actually used. Watch video.
Wired has a video featuring MESA’s amazing ACER UGV as well as its autonomy programming, which was created by the folks at 5D. At the 5 minute, 20 second mark of the video, you can see the AMREL laptop that’s serves as ACER’s Operator Control Unit. Check out Exclusive Video: Robot Mini-Tank Battles Homemade Bombs
Let’s assume that you already maxed out the brightness controls. Did you check the power management? If you’re running the laptop on batteries, it will often default to power savings mode, which will dim the screen. Also, crank up the contrast ratio to 5 to 1 or even higher. Does your computer think it’s dark out? Verify the dimming range is adjusted for the daytime, not the night. Adjust the viewing angle of the display screen. It sounds trivial, but the angle can make a big difference in how the screen is viewed.
What is the optimal screen size for a mobile device used by a warfighter? Is it the 7″ to 12″ display of the tablet? The 3″ to 5″ of the smartphone? Something in-between?
With the exception of security issues, the folks at the Pentagon and other real-echelon postings do not work in situations that much different than their civilian counterparts. For its stateside personnel, the Army can probably fulfill its ambitious smartphone program with whatever Commercial Off the Shelf (COTS) products it chooses.
However, warfighters operate in much more demanding environment. Small differences can have huge consequences. Read more
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