Bomb squads get rugged computers. (Tech Talk).The FBI's bomb squads will be operating new PCs equipped with high-speed wireless communications wireless communications System using radio-frequency, infrared, microwave, or other types of electromagnetic or acoustic waves in place of wires, cables, or fibre optics to transmit signals or data. . The Bomb Scene Response Reporting Kits are being distributed to nationally accredited accredited recognition by an appropriate authority that the performance of a particular institution has satisfied a prestated set of criteria. accredited herds cattle herds which have achieved a low level of reactors to, e.g. bomb squads throughout the United States. The Defense Group, Inc. of Alexandria, Va., developed the kits under a $14 million contract with the FBI. The computers are GoBook Max laptops, made by Itronix Corporation, of Spokane, Wash. They come with a 700 MHz (MegaHertZ) One million cycles per second. It is used to measure the transmission speed of electronic devices, including channels, buses and the computer's internal clock. A one-megahertz clock (1 MHz) means some number of bits (16, 32, 64, etc. Intel Pentium III processor and meet military specs for drop, water resistance, dust and vibration, said the manufacturer. The PC can be used around potentially explosive substances. It is built to survive decontamination decontamination /de·con·tam·i·na·tion/ (de?kon-tam-i-na´shun) the freeing of a person or object of some contaminating substance, e.g., war gas, radioactive material, etc. de·con·tam·i·na·tion n. procedures, in and out of chemical and biological hot zones. The software, called CoBRA, provides data and procedural guidelines for incident response, as well as information about more than 60,000 chemicals, biological agents and improvised explosive devices. |
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