St. James Ambulance District, founded in 1975, provides top-level medical care to the central Missouri cities of St. James, Rosati, Little Prairie Lake and others. Over the years, the ambulance district began to grow and it became clear that it needed a more efficient method for its EMTs and paramedics to track and record everyday [...]
Last year, we introduced you to Greg Gillis, a.k.a. Girl Talk, and his use of Toughbook 30 and Toughbook 74 notebooks during his live, vibrant shows. In a recent Rolling Stone interview, Girl Talk discusses his unique way of mixing music and creating fun tunes for the crowds – all of this on his Toughbook [...]
Rivers, lakes and bad roads never stopped Mark Gumbert’s team from tracking bats, but inadequate equipment did. Mark Gumbert, founder and president of Copperhead Environmental Consulting, and his team spend about three weeks every spring researching and tracking bat migrations for both independent and government-commissioned research and need computers that can withstand the terrain, weather [...]
For ArborMetrics Solutions (AMS), a leading vegetation management service company in North America, connectivity and durability were two significant factors when it came time to choosing the proper mobile technology solution for its field workers. AMS “arborists” are constantly on the go to cover the thousands of distribution lines they support. Complicating matters, their work [...]
In 2006 an international group of climbers from different faiths and cultures – including Palestinian and Israelis, embarked on a journey of peace and friendship to the summit of Mt. Everest. The expedition was an enormous success as 10 people made it to the top of the world! I was proud to have organized and [...]
In 2009, Matsushita Memorial Hospital in Moriguchi, Japan, made the switch to electronic health records (EHRs) from a pen and paper data entry method. The hospital eventually deployed Panasonic Toughbook H1 Health Mobile Clinical Assistants (MCAs). The change was initiated after Matsushita Memorial created a hospital-wide standard of one nurse per seven patients, in 2006. [...]
For a limited time, Panasonic Solutions Company is cutting the price in half on the Toughbook W8 business-rugged notebook. Originally priced at $2,500, we’re now offering the Toughbook W8 notebook at $1,199. As many of you know, this is an unprecedented price promotion and the first of its kind by us.
The architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) markets have lagged behind other industries in the implementation of technology; however, firms are beginning to acknowledge that mobile technology can address current challenges and drive decision making at the point of interaction. A recent study by the US National Institute of Standards and Technology found that the U.S. [...]
I have worked with Toughbook devices for nearly 11 years and have seen them deployed in some pretty sensational situations; summiting on Everest or in the hands of the youngest girl to attempt to circumnavigate the globe. Even so, it still surprised me when I first heard about Girl Talk (real name Gregg Michael Gillis) [...]
