That's the promised second installment of the exhibition, which vividly tells the story of nabivshih on edge topics - such as industrial terminals "and" outsourcing. " In addition, "a snack" are prelyubopytneyshie sketches - "Computers in uniform" and "Our on SeBIT'e.
Computers in uniform
In one of the pavilions located booth Bundeswehr. Walk past strange for a computer exhibition esponatov was absolutely impossible. I must say that the Bundeswehr's current policy is determined by the motto "Our task - to save the world." Almost like the old Soviet Union: "We stand for peace, we are preparing for war." But hardly anyone suspects a small army of postwar Germany in the aggressive ambitions. She's going to keep the peace did not tank armies and strategic missiles. "The price of the lowest possible loss of the army must ensure the security of the country and to maintain its prestige by participating in international operations," - something like the problem is formulated as a modern army in the brochure. Exhibits at the booth showed several options for applying modern technologies in the exploration front. For example, reconnaissance armored car Fennek. Weight - 10 tons, range - 1000 km. Everything is thought not to risk his crew. Go out of their cars and even open the hatches for reconnaissance (survey area) is not required. Imagers, a set of digital video cameras in all directions, radar, laser range finder, a navigation system.
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Inside the crowded displays, which displays a few pictures and a detailed map of the area. The work of the modern spy is comfortable and safe, but requires serious education and computer training. Another prelyubopytny exhibit - a miniature drone Drone, that in the literal translation means "Drone", for short-range aerial reconnaissance. Previously used for similar purposes balloons and fighter planes, which are happy to send the opponent to the ground, along with observers. Now everything has become easier and safer.
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A small plastic airplane is removed from the suitcase of medium size. Runs from the hands of children as a model glider and flies at speeds of 50 to 90 mph for 30 minutes. Four video cameras to take pictures and can immediately transmit them to the command post (CP), a role which can act as described above Bronevichok. Operator with CP can either follow the plane and send him to manage the team, or provide differential GPS independently conduct "TRUTEN" for a given route. On the computer screen command center displays the map with the position of airplane coming image and other flight data. Doing the job automatically airplane lands. If you are lucky, in the KP. If no luck, and the enemy shot down a toy - to start another, third, fourth. Quickly, easily, cheaply and safely. Processing of aerial photos - serious and highly skilled labor. That can offer this modern technology, can also be seen on the bench. Previously, aerial photos were flat, and recognition of point-like objects (such as antennas in a dense forest), it was almost impossible task.Then come up with pictures of each square two tilt the camera - one slightly ahead on the course, the other - a little back, as if a giant was looking at the ground, zazhmurivaya one or the other eye. There are two almost identical pictures side by side, armed with the special projectors and glasses, you can turn to this giant and see almost stereoscopic image. Now everything is happening even faster and easier. The negatives are scanned and combined computer and a person gets on the screen ready "stereo anaglyph. It is very convenient because you can easily change the image scale. In this case, the proportions are distorted, but in this case, the artistic merits of photography - not the goal.
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A friendly young man in camouflage with pleasure showing us stereosnimok Berlin on a huge flat screen Cobalt. - The only pity is that in fact the army has no such displays. We took him for a few days from some of the institute. We are all humble, but still much easier than it was before - says the stand assistant. On the stand of the Swiss company Beltronic, specializing in industrial PCs, found another, clearly a military exhibit. Armored laptop?
Industrial Terminals
Subject industrial PDA from year to year is becoming more popular. If the producers had offered almost no serious computer form-factor handheld, limited malofunktsionalnymi devices for data collection, but now the picture has changed. At the booths of dozens if not hundreds, of companies you may have noticed a small device into the cradle and just vnaval. Most of the terminal looked like twins. Top screen and bottom - vertically oriented keyboard. This design is passed on from generation to generation, from Grandpa Psion Organizer (or even more ancient elder, did not leave a deep mark in history). Of course, the device became more ergonomic, many acquired color screens. Internal filling them almost indistinguishable from the CCP (the same processors, same screens, same operating system). Speaking of operating systems. If a couple of years ago at the exhibition were mainly handicrafts and exotic OS, but now it all fell into a ticker and trim on the bearer. Guess once that is written on the banner?;) So a little about the modern instruments of the warehouse, electrician, driver, kontrolerskogo and other work. One of the industry leaders - Symbol Technologies - as usual, surprising design. Not only do modern devices have a really cosmic design. Symbol developers added a knob on the back side for easy design. Clicking on the yellow trigger on the handle includes a laser scanner. Number of keys on the keyboard prohibitive. In my opinion, the device is ideal for arming the Hollywood bad guys from the future.
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German firm DLoG showing its new device DNeT X 7, mounted on a truck loader. OS Windows CE 5.0 (as written on the stand, "the first terminal of the forklift with Windows CE 5.0»), or for those interested - linuh. Powerful platform: Intel PXA270 processor with speeds up to 520 MHz, protection against dust and water IP54/IP65. Operating temperature range - from -30 to +50 (albeit at -30 battery charging and maximum megahertz processor is not guaranteed).Huge 7-inch color touch screen is, apparently, for the navigation system for vast storage facilities of a potential customer.
On the stand Recon futuristic Soup exhibited a blue window on the background grid "netting", which should highlight their resilience to water freezing attack and the worker-peasant purpose.
Sami PDA Recon - surprisingly cute, colorful and dizaynistye. Optionally, inside can be both utilitarian Windows CE 4.2, and Windows Mobile 2003.
Here you want to see that producers "consumer" CCP would be worth to learn from its "industrial" colleagues. It is so dull now reigns in the design of conventional hand-held computers: "Come on! Number-number! "(AI Raikin). In pursuit of mass production and minimum cost ordinary-looking devices are copied, cloned and replicated many times with different Sheet, perelitsovannymi sockets of silver plastic. "Where are those blessed days when fashion industry asked Psion, and when the PDA makers could count on one hand !...» - I thought as I wandered through the endless pavilions past the endless stands. And suddenly the corner of my eye noticed a surprisingly lovely, cheerful device, the display is for some reason displayed map of the whole of Germany.
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What does the navigation system? I began to examine it closer, and suddenly noticed the inscription - Psion Techlogix. The device was Psion Workabout Pro - the new incarnation of the popular desktop terminal of the time Psion Workabout. Inside devaysa business as usual: Intel XScale PXA 255 400 MHz, Windows CE 4.2, color screen, an SD expansion card and Compact Flash support for all sorts of wireless protocols, etc. etc.
