Quoted from International Mining

“Today (June 10) at the MassMin conference in Lulea, Sweden, Greg Baiden of Laurentian University, Canada (also Chief Technology Officer of Penguin Automated Systems) presented on a newly developed Underground Positioning System (UPS). The UPS has a range of some 2 km through rock and accuracy better than 3%. Mine trials are to be undertaken later this year and in 2009. Going forward, this has tremendous potential for finding trapped miners, for equipment mechanisation and mine wide asset management. The system employs VLF and would rely on a ...Read Full Article

At first glance the Magellan Triton looks like a GPS force that can throw some serious weight around.

The Triton isn’t just showing off a tough exterior – it really is built with rubber armoring, impact resistant plastic and a water resistant seal so you won’t have to worry when you take this electronic device outside where it’s actually supposed to be used.

The Triton has a “becoming standard equipment on all electronic devices” 2.5″ touch screen, uses SD Card storage and the famous SiRF Star III GPS chip. Even though ...Read Full Article