Technology is everywhere

Technology is
everywhere

By: Antonio Charles

Professional athletes

• Significant sports technologies, such as ‘smart’ sports
gear, are immensely popular amongst athletes to analyze
their performance. Such equipment includes sensors and
computers as part of their training regime. Examples of
‘smart’ equipment technologies comprises of devices to
measure reaction time and frequency of movements.

Auto Mechanics

• Mechanical and digital micrometers are commonly
used in mechanical engineering applications, and a
specialized digital brake micrometer for automobiles
has also been developed. Other specialized auto part
tools used by mechanics include tire pressure
gauges, oil filter wrenches and cutter tools, steering
wheel lock plate tools, clutch alignment tools, strut
spring compressors and spark plug sockets and gauge
tools.

Detective/investigators

• Tracking systems provide law enforcement
the ability to track the movement or
identify the location of persons or objects.
A search warrant or a court order may be
required. Consult with your local prosecutor
for specific guidance on this issue.

Geologists

• CMGTooL: software for processing, analyzing, and
visualizing time-series oceanographic data

• CO2calc: A User-Friendly Seawater Carbon Calculator
for Windows, Mac OS X, and iOS (iPhone): user-
friendly, stand-alone application for the calculation of
carbonate system parameters

• Underwater Microscope System and Grain-size
Toolbox: hardware and software for rapid mapping of
bed-sediment grain size

Security guards

• Technology is an essential part of the corporate security world, and
today’s security officers must be able to interact efficiently and
effectively with various high tech tools. Old-style “pen and pencil
guard tours” have been replaced by the use of mobile devices and
computer systems that provide real-time incident communication and
response. Now security officers may be equipped with software-
enabled PDAs, which can then be networked wirelessly with a
command-center module and used to capture incidents, send
pictures, record time-and-attendance of officers, plot GPS coordinates
of their locations and guard tours. The accumulated data is a useful
tool to analyze trends and measure safety and security performance.

Parts salespeople

• With so much computing now offered as a service, today’s
salespeople are discovering that even the lightest laptops are a
burden they no longer need to carry. The move today is firmly
towards tablets and smartphones – particularly Apple’s i-ware. Our
salespeople are discovering they can access all the information they
need whenever and wherever they need it (without damaging their
backs lugging heavy bags).

General construction workers

• As the technology is growing, the industry is dealing
with educated staff and this makes it important to
make use of safe equipment. Cones and barricades,
royal truck, equipment, bulldozers that have an auto
pilot, carbon monoxide detecting hats, headsets, halo
lights, safety glasses, and responsive clothing,
construction project management software, blueprint
apps and many other things are now having fully
advance features. All these are the enhancement in
the construction industry.

Freight handlers

Descartes System
The Descartes system allows consolidation and swapping of routes. This
helps Old Dominion Freight Line improve productivity, determine what
staffing is needed, and provide much more detailed routing. This system
also allows us to:
•Determine what freight needs to be worked first
•Determine in what door to load to maximize reduced transit times
•Increase P&D efficiency to reduce costs
•Render maps so that customer deliveries are planned properly

Truck drivers

• With the overwhelming convenience of technology in
today’s world, the use of CB radios has become
limited. The years of truck drivers being free-spirited
individuals who are all connected to the world with
citizens band airwaves have drastically changed with
technology. Today’s truck drivers just as connected to
the web as the technophiles at every coffee shop. No
matter what interstate you’re on, smartphones and
tablets have become the best diversions for truck
drivers all around.

Landscape architects

• Computer aided design is a type of software that was created
to replace the traditional drafting board. CAD software allows
architects to compile layouts, design conceptual elements and
complete design drawings on the computer before printing
them. As CAD programs grow more sophisticated, architects
can use it in place of prototypes to work on complex
engineering details and to analyze a proposed structure's
tolerances and weaknesses. Autodesk AutoCAD is one of the
most common examples of this software; others include
NavisWorks Jetstream and Roof Builder Tools.