Handheld PC works in water, snow, sand. (Tech Talk).A personal digital assistant that can operate while submerged in water could be useful to soldiers and sailors SAILORS. Seamen, mariners. Vide Mariners; Seamen; Shipping Articles. . That was the thinking behind Tadiran Communications' military PDA (Personal Digital Assistant) A handheld computer for managing contacts, appointments and tasks. It typically includes a name and address database, calendar, to-do list and note taker, which are the functions in a personal information manager (see PIM). , unveiled earlier this summer. The company's new pocket computer--dubbed the Rugged Personal Digital Assistant--is aimed at the military market. The company claims that it can operate while submerged in water, while buried in sand or snow, or in bad weather. The PDA is produced in four variants, the smallest of which weighs less than 380g. It has a touch-sensitive color display and built-in loudspeaker loudspeaker or speaker, device used to convert electrical energy into sound. It consists essentially of a thin flexible sheet called a diaphragm that is made to vibrate by an electric signal from an amplifier. and microphone. Besides computing capabilities, it can function as a radio communications controller A peripheral control unit that connects several communications lines to a computer and performs the actual transmitting and receiving as well as various message coding and decoding activities. and GPS receiver. The PDA can be used for mapping, message routing, mission planning and other digital combat applications. |
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