Masonry Magazine June 2006 Page. 39
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Davis Instruments EnviroMonitor Weather Station
The EnviroMonitor Weather Station is a rugged, solar-powered, wireless environmental monitoring system. It can track temperature, humidity, rainfall, wind speed and direction, and more. The system can send alerts when conditions exceed user-defined thresholds. For example, if the temperature drops below a certain degree, thus alerting supervisors that it's too cold for proper mortar setting. In the summer, it can notify of when high humidity and temperature can put workers' health and safety at risk. For more information, visit www.davisnet.com.
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Garmin GPSMAP 376C
$999 MSRP: optional automotive kit. $249 MSRP
Garmin International, Inc. released the GPSMAP 376C, a highly versatile and portable GPS navigator that can display graphical XM WX Satellite Weather™ data directly on the unit's display. The GPSMAP 376C can overlay vital weather data directly on the display information like NEXRAD radar, storm cells, wind speeds, surface temperatures, forecasts and more than a dozen other weather attributes. The weather data is the same leading site-specific, analytical weather technology and data that is provided to professional meteorologists across the United States.
In addition, users will have the capability to utilize the unit's GPS navigation system. Load the GPSMAP 376C with MapSource City Select® software and you can access voice-prompted, turn-by-turn directions to addresses and points of interest throughout the United States and Canada.
Users also have the option of receiving XM Satellite Radio's 150-plus channels of commercial-free music, sports, news, talk and entertainment programming.
The GPSMAP 376C boasts an enhanced high-resolution, 256-color sunlight readable TFT display. For map transfer or software updates, the unit features a fast USB-PC interface. An included 12-volt power/data cable, a 110-volt wall outlet or a rechargeable lithium-ion battery pack (providing 4-15 hours of battery life, depending on backlight setting and XM usage) powers the unit. For more information, visit www.garmin.com/mobile.
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Weathernews
Costs vary check with your mobile phone carrier
Rather than adding one more piece of equipment to your list of "must-have" gadgets, why not add a weather service to your existing cell phone? With Weathernews, you can do just that.
By adding the service to your mobile phone, you can get up-to-the-minute weather information, including current conditions, high and low forecast temperatures for the day, relative humidity, seven-day forecasts, Doppler radar, severe weather advisories and more. Weather information can be given by region, city or ZIP code.
You can also use the "My Weather feature to save five different cities so you can quickly and easily access the weather for the locations you care about most.
The Wake Up With Weather™ alarm clock will not only wake you up, but also give you the day's forecast first thing in the morning. You can even set the alarm to wake you up early in case of bad weather, such as rain, snow or storms.
Weathernews is currently available through Alltel, Cingular, CellularOne, Dobson Cellular Systems, Midwest Carriers, Sprint and Verizon. For more information, visit www.weathernews.com/us
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