NASA Uses Rugged Tablet PCs In Seismic Engineering In Edinburgh, Scotland

As part of this program, Vibtech needed a powerful and rugged tablet PC that had a screen input. This would act as the Central Control Unit (CCU) in the new system, and would be used in a range of different scenarios. Steve Wilcox, Vibtech’s Technical Manager, explains:

“We needed a tablet that was PC-compatible and had the performance of a PC, but was light, rugged and had a good battery life. We started trawling the web and ultimately found what we were looking for on Spirit’s website.” Spirit is the authorized channel partner for Xplore Technologies, a leading supplier of rugged tablet PCs. Steve continues: “The Xplore iX104C2 appeared to offer the best combination of features, and met our key requirements.”