Take a Tour of Mount Everest – From Your Smart Phone

A company called  3D RealityMaps has released a new app that lets you take virtual tours using satellite images, of Mount Everest. The app “Mount Everest 3D” by 3D Reality Maps offers the world’s highest-resolution 3D map of the highest mountain on ear …

Touchscreen PC Submerged Then Hosed off…Fully Powered and Operational

We took a fully functional touchscreen PC,  submerged it in a puddle of muck, then hosed it off, all while plugged in and running.. because we could. This computer  (Glacier – S9000) is made for food processing operations,  outdoor kiosks, farms, or an …

Is Everything Built To Be Broken?

Refurbished technology or new? You should have options. Consumer Electronics Talker Kim Komando recently published a list of common technology myths.  Things like MAC’s never get viruses, the more megapixels the better, public Wi-Fi is safe and a myth …

What’s In Your Mobile Work-Force?

You’ve heard about it.  The global mobile workforce.  Well it’s growing. The number of mobile workers across the globe will reach 1.3 billion by 2015 but research commissioned by ClickSoftware Technologies indicates that companies are not ready to tap …

Glacier Announces the Everest E4500 Rugged Forklift Terminal

GLACIER COMPUTER ANNOUNCES EVEREST E4500 RUGGED FORKLIFT TERMINAL Glacier Computer, a leading provider of rugged industrial computing solutions, announced today the addition of the E4500 to the Everest line-up of fixed and vehicle mount terminals (VMT’ …

Shock and Vibration – The Everest Shake Test

Shock and Vibration can wreck a typical computer in short order.  They are not designed from the board up to withstand that kind of use.  They are meant to sit next to your desk and collect dust.  But the Everest Vehicle Mount Terminals are HALT tested …