Thursday, March 7, 2002
Be forewarned Al Qaeda - JEDI is coming!
Posted by Ed Hansberry in "ARTICLE" @ 12:42 PM
http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99992005
In order to facilitate better intelligence and targeting on the battlefield, the Pentagon has commissioned a new breed of palmtops, and it will be using the Pocket PC OS. Given the description in the article, I have a feeling this will look like something from Symbol Technologies. Waaaay cool!
"To address the problem [of targeting], the Pentagon has commissioned a new battlefield targeting system based on a raft of sensing and communications technologies, controlled by a hand-held Pocket PC. It will go into service with US Special Forces in 2003.
The super-palmtop will combine laser rangefinding, GPS satellite positioning, a satellite phone and text messaging. Called JEDI, or Joint Expeditionary Digital Information, the system will be controlled by Microsoft's Windows-CE operating system."
Thanks to Todd Thacker for using his laser rangefinder to target this article.
In order to facilitate better intelligence and targeting on the battlefield, the Pentagon has commissioned a new breed of palmtops, and it will be using the Pocket PC OS. Given the description in the article, I have a feeling this will look like something from Symbol Technologies. Waaaay cool!
"To address the problem [of targeting], the Pentagon has commissioned a new battlefield targeting system based on a raft of sensing and communications technologies, controlled by a hand-held Pocket PC. It will go into service with US Special Forces in 2003.
The super-palmtop will combine laser rangefinding, GPS satellite positioning, a satellite phone and text messaging. Called JEDI, or Joint Expeditionary Digital Information, the system will be controlled by Microsoft's Windows-CE operating system."
Thanks to Todd Thacker for using his laser rangefinder to target this article.
