Ultra-Rugged Hand Held Computer Works Long Hours in Harsh Land and Sea Applications

Logistics Insight Asia - Technology & Market Trends, 8/9/2008

Two Technologies has launched the Hydrus, an ultra-rugged and powerful hand held computer designed for long-term daily operation in the harshest working conditions. With what’s said to be the world’s largest battery capacity of 36 WATT-hours, the Hydrus functions for over 40 hours, working overtime on various field applications.

IP67/IP68 rated for protection against dust and water, the Hydrus is ideal for outdoor use in extreme environments on both land and sea. Double wall case construction of GE XENOY provides impervious sealing against environmental conditions, with drop and shock protection covering internal components. The Hydrus also offers a 320 x 240 Landscape QVGA display with integral touch screen as well as “Super-Sunlight” readability, both outdoors and indoors.

A 5MP (4 MP processed) True-Camera-System captures color images and bar codes with real auto focus and illumination. Users can capture then relay images and data from virtually any remote field location and transmit them back to a main office or centralized location.

A 55-key alpha numeric keypad with application-specific graphics plus an eight-position joystick allows for individual or combined operations. Customized keypads allow for intuitive, user-friendly operations and finger tip control. Individual hard keys are uniquely suited for operation with gloved hands. Integrated speaker and microphone enable use of the device for voice communications. Audio Bridge Circuitry simplifies routing of audio signals to and from the speaker and microphones to a variety of specified locations.


With its rugged design, extended battery life and customized keyboard, the Hydrus is ideally suited for a range of outdoor applications in vertical markets where durability, operational longevity as well as flexible operations are mandatory including law enforcement (meter reading/traffic), agriculture, environmental (water testing), security (crowd control), fleet management and even the hospitality sectors.

Two Technologies, www.2t.com