SwitchBack-PC Named International CES Innovations 2007 Design and Engineering Award Honoree.SwitchBack-PC Honored at CES Show for Its Revolutionary Modular Design LAS VEGAS -- Black Diamond Advanced Technology (Black Diamond), a technology development firm specializing in the design and implementation of rugged electronic systems, today announced that its SwitchBack-PC was named by the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA CEA carcinoembryonic antigen. CEA abbr. carcinoembryonic antigen CEA (Carcinoembryonic antigen) [R]) as an International CES Innovations 2007 Design and Engineering Awards Honoree in the Computer Hardware category. Products entered in this prestigious program are judged by a preeminent panel of independent industrial designers, engineers and members of the trade press to honor outstanding design and engineering in cutting edge consumer electronics. Black Diamond's SwitchBack-PC will be highlighted at the 2007 International CES, which runs January 8-11, 2007 in Las Vegas, Nevada, at Innovations Plus at the Sands, and showcases the hottest technologies in the consumer electronics industry. The SwitchBack switch·back n. 1. A road, trail, or railroad track that follows a zigzag course on a steep incline. 2. A sharp bend in a road or trail on a steep incline. 3. Chiefly British A roller coaster. will be showcased at the CES Innovations Stage, Booth #68747, at the Sands Expo Center and also at the Black Diamond booth at the Las Vegas Convention Center The Las Vegas Convention Center is owned and operated by the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority and is located in Clark County, Nevada. It is one of the largest Convention centers in the world. At the end of 2004, the center had 3. , Booth #37014. Intended for use in harsh environments, the SwitchBack-PC is the world's first rugged UMPC See Ultra-Mobile PC. (Ultra Mobile PC). Weighing in at 3 pounds, the SwitchBack (7.5" x 5.5" x 2") utilizes a 1.0 GHz Intel[R] Celeron[R] M processor, 1GB of 400 MHz DDR (Double Data Rate) Refers to an SDRAM memory chip that increases performance by doubling the effective data rate of the frontside bus. For more details, see SDRAM. DDR - Double Data Rate Random Access Memory 2 and can run Windows XP, Vista, CE, Mobile or Linux, packing the power of a desktop PC in a lightweight, handheld rugged form factor. The SwitchBack's advanced feature set answers the demands of users working in the field or in harsh environments. It's equipped with a sunlight viewable touch screen and wireless capabilities such as Bluetooth 2.0, WiFi b/g and GPS. Encased en·case tr.v. en·cased, en·cas·ing, en·cas·es To enclose in or as if in a case. en·case  ment n. in a magnesium housing and reinforced with rubber isolators and shock-mounted electronics, the SwitchBack is also designed to meet or exceed military specifications for shock, vibration, humidity and extreme temperatures. "We are honored to have received this distinction from the CEA and the IDSA IDSA Infectious Diseases Society of America IDSA Industrial Designers Society of America IDSA Interactive Digital Software Association IDSA Institute for Defense Studies and Analyses (India) IDSA International Dark Sky Association ," said Justin Dyster, President of Black Diamond. "We intended the design of our SwitchBack-PC to be truly disruptive and to transcend the limitations of today's mobile technology. The SwitchBack is able to evolve along with your changing technology needs. We believe this can translate to tremendous savings and fewer devices to carry." Patent-Pending BackPack Technology The SwitchBack has all the features of today's rugged handheld tablet PCs, and it's smaller, more powerful and it has another significant differentiatorOBackPack Technology, which can be used to extend functionality by adding additional hardware, devices or connector interfaces to the back of the computer. The patent-pending BackPack Technology allows the user to securely attach a module (standard or custom) onto the back of the SwitchBack. The BackPack interfaces to the computer through a special ultra-wide, ultra high-speed connection to the Switchback. This allows the user to incorporate multiple devices into a single BackPack such as a digital camera, scanner, an RFID reader or any combination of I/O (Input/Output) The transfer of data between the CPU and a peripheral device. Every transfer is an output from one device and an input to another. See PC input/output. I/O - Input/Output options. The SwitchBack architecture is so flexible almost any electronic peripheral can be designed to interface with it. Examples of BackPack Modules that can be easily added to the SwitchBack are, but are not limited to: * Graphics accelerator cards * Biometric readers * Magnetic-stripe readers * Custom communication devices * Barcode or RFID (Radio Frequency IDentification) A data collection technology that uses electronic tags for storing data. The tag, also known as an "electronic label," "transponder" or "code plate," is made up of an RFID chip attached to an antenna. Scanner * Digital cameras, thermal imagers * Joystick controllers, UAV control modules * Additional USB USB in full Universal Serial Bus Type of serial bus that allows peripheral devices (disks, modems, printers, digitizers, data gloves, etc.) to be easily connected to a computer. , Serial, PS/2 or Ethernet * HDTV (High Definition TV) A set of digital television (DTV) standards that offer the highest resolution and sharpest picture. Although some HDTV sets are available in standard (rather square) screen sizes, the overwhelming majority of sets are wide screen, which eliminates and sound outputs * Wireless WAN (WWAN See wireless WAN. ) technology About the CES Innovations Awards As a widely renowned consumer technology awards program that began in 1989, the CES Innovations Awards recognize the best designed and engineered products. It is sponsored by CEA, the producer of the International CES, the world's largest consumer technology tradeshow, and endorsed by the Industrial Designers Society of America Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA) is an organisation of professional industrial designers in the United States. It was formed in 1965 by merger of three American designer associations: American Designers Institute (IDI), American Society of Industrial Design (IDSA), the voice of industrial design, committed to advancing the profession through education, information, community and advocacy. For more information on the award, go to http://www.cesweb.org/attendees/awards/innovations. About Black Diamond Advanced Technology Black Diamond Advanced Technology (Black Diamond) is an advanced technology development firm that specializes in the design and implementation of rugged electronic systems. With an extensive background in electrical, mechanical and systems design for the military, the Black Diamond engineering team serves clients in the military, industrial and commercial markets. Black Diamond specializes in creating sophisticated custom electro-mechanical products for the use in the most complex, rugged environments, ranging from electronics packaged in missiles and artillery to highly customizable, next generation rugged mobile computing solutions. Visit us on the Web at www.switchbackpc.com. For product pictures and online press kit, log onto http://secure.bdatech.com. |
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