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Products Dragon Ears Callpod’s new Dragon Bluetooth headset covers a range of more than 300 feet, as opposed to the standard 30 feet, and has noise suppression for better talking and listening. Dragons can function as walkie-talkies within a 250,000-square-foot area — no phones needed. In addition, the headsets are full duplex, so one person doesn’t have to wait for the other to finish talking before speaking. Talk time with the Dragon is rated at eight hours, but is reduced when using the two-way radio function. Cost: $130. www.callpod.com. High-Adrenaline Eyewear Eye Safety Systems Inc. goggles — whether for the military, law enforcement or fire-and-rescue sectors — provide a comfortable fit with all standard-size helmets and have an extra-wide field of view. The optically correct, polycarbonate lenses provide distortion-free vision can stop a shotgun blast from 35 feet. Lenses are extra thick — 2.2 mm to 2.8 mm — with 100 percent UVA/UVB protection and Clear Zone antifog/anti-scratch coatings. The goggle lenses have high-impact resistance, and clear and smoke- gray lenses are included with all military-grade products. Cost: $75 and up. www.essgoggles.com. High-Def Scanner In November 2007, The Weather Channel used the Leica ScanStation high-definition 3-D imaging system to show the immediate effects of damage from Tropical Storm Noel along Florida’s southern Atlantic Coast. The Leica ScanStation imaging revealed severe erosion on Florida’s east coast, pinpointing ground shifts that endangered some expensive beachfront properties. Housed in a lighter, lower-profile design, the updated version — Leica ScanStation 2 — is capable of a maximum, instantaneous scan speed of 50,000 points per second, which is more than 10 times its ScanStation predecessor (4,000 points per second) and the industry’s highest for pulsed scanners. Cost: $156,000. www.leica-geosystems.com. Portable Conferencing Applied Global Technologies developed a rugged, mobile video-conferencing solution for mobile command centers. The Portable Video Conferencing Room (PVR) contains the major components of a typical communications/collaboration suite, including cameras, microphones, telco interface, projector speakers, DVD-R, VCR, PC inputs and control system. The PVR’s touch panel offers, simplified control of all aspects of the communications suite. www.appliedglobal.com. 54 http://www.callpod.com http://www.essgoggles.com http://www.leica-geosystems.com http://www.appliedglobal.com

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Emergency Management - Fall 2008 Contents Contributors Editor’s Letter In the Field Deep Freeze EM Bulletin Major Player In the News Uncharted Waters Bio-Sensing Bluegills Joint Accounts Education Directory Degress of Change Triage in 3-D Products Eric's Corner Last Word

Emergency Management - Fall 2008

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