BOLIVIAN JUNGLE TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN WITH BBC’s TOP GEAR
Bolivian Jungle to the Pacific Ocean with BBC’s Top Gear
Gary Humphries, a safety and production coordinator for the TV and film industry, takes the ndura RUGGED® convertible laptop to Bolivia to drive the 1000 mile route from the Bolivian jungle to the coast of Chile with the team from BBC’s Top Gear.
Having damaged laptops in the past, Gary needed a laptop that could survive severe in-vehicle vibration, baking midday sun to extreme cold at night, as well as humid jungle environments and wet river crossings. See how the ndura RUGGED® convertible laptop performed under these testing conditions.
PETE GOSS MBE TESTS THE NEW RUGGED LAPTOP
14 Metre Waves and the Southern Oceans
When you sail a 37 foot boat in the Southern Oceans everything gets wet, and conditions below deck were not brilliant. The crew would climb into Gor‐tex Bivvy bags to dry off and this is really what the laptop was up against.
The thing Pete Goss liked most about the ndura RUGGED® laptop was the feeling of complete confidence it gave him. Dripping salt water and endurance aside, following the knock down he found the laptop thrown across deck in the sink. Normally he would panic, but reassuringly he simply dusted it down and away he went.
Blazepoint Sponsor Pete Goss MBE
ndura Rugged Helps Goss Meet His Challenge
Blazepoint Sponsors Pete Goss MBE in the Round Britain and Ireland Yacht Race.
Fully aware of the unpredictable environments that they will encounter, sea adventurers need to be assured that equipment taken on board, will survive extremes in climatic conditions. The solution that many demand, is that of a rugged, lightweight and reliable one; a product that will endure changeable climates, salt water and violent vibration.
Making Waves
Blazepoint and ICL worked closely throughout the bid phase of the NavyStar Project. The solution offered by the ICL Team to the MoD drew on the expertise and experiences of ICL, in terms of systems integration and IT infrastructure and Blazepoint, in terms of IT ruggedisation in extended environments. On the award of the NavyStar contract Blazepoint undertook the task of designing mounting systems for the IT hardware, which included the PC workstations, TFT screens, workgroup printers, line printers and hubs. The basis of the ruggedisation for the project was the requirement to be highly compact, flexible, ergonomic and meet stringent standards in an unusual operating environment.
HP Deskjet Printers see Military Action Thanks to Blazepoint
Technology has a vital role to play in the work of today’s armed forces but most traditional IT equipment is totally unable to withstand the rigours of military operations or battlefield conditions. Temperatures ranging from -18 to +60 degrees centigrade, 95 per cent humidity, driving rain, sand and dust, corrosive atmospheres and being continually dropped from the height of a standard desk would kill the average office printer, but HP Deskjet printers are surviving just such hostile tests.