Trimble’s smart antenna subscription for civil and building construction contractors
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Trimble’s smart antenna subscription for civil and building construction contractors

Technology tamfitronics Trimbles smart antenna subscription for civil and building construction contractors By Heavy Equipment Guide Staff July 19, 2024 Trimble's DA2 GNSS smart antenna is now available globally for both civil and building construction applications through Trimble's subscription program. Trimble's subscription model provides contractors access to construction technology at a lower upfront cost.Combined with Trimble Siteworks or Trimble FieldLink software, the DA2 can perform construction surveying tasks and site supervision for civil and building construction. For civil contractors, this includes pole-mount for high-accuracy grade checking, truck-mount for site supervision, and ATV-mount for progress monitoring, volume calculations, site topos, verifying as-builts, road centrelines, and more. For building contractors, this includes underground utility layout, building foundation set out, easy construction quality assurance, and more.The DA2 leverages the Trimble ProPoint GNSS engine...
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Put a Roborock smart robot vacuum on your floor this Prime Day
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Put a Roborock smart robot vacuum on your floor this Prime Day

Lifestyle Photo: RoborockIf you’ve ever considered buying an intelligent robot vacuum, your time for effortless, immaculate floors has arrived! Roborock’s 2024 Prime Day Sales Promotion is one you won’t want to miss. There’s a model for every price point and lifestyle, but these incredible deals are only available until July 21 – check out Roborock’s offers below.S8 Max UltraTheS8 Max Ultrais Roborock’s flagship product, and it vacuums, hot-water mop washing, and heated air dries your floors like a champion. Its claim to fame is a “Flexi Arm” side brush and a rotating side mop that ensures corners and hard-to-reach areas are cleaned.This clever robot vacuum detects dirt yet has recognition to avoid stray objects. And the S8 Max Ultra’s dock takes hands-free to the next level – it empties, washes, refills, and even dries itself –...
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Smart Driving: When Tesla Autopilot And GM Super Cruise Can Be Better Than Human Drivers
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Smart Driving: When Tesla Autopilot And GM Super Cruise Can Be Better Than Human Drivers

Technology tamfitronics The 2024 Chevy Blazer EV comes with GM's latest version of Super Cruise.Credit: General MotorsTesla’s driver assistance technology often comes under withering media criticism for overhyping its capabilities. And GM’s Super Cruise has the opposite problem: it’s virtually unknown. But advanced driver assist technologies are here to stay and could eventually be as essential as seat belts.Safe At Any Speed: The inevitability of Advanced Driver-Assistance Systemsor ADAS, was driven home the other night when a friend, who was driving a 2023 Chevy Bolt EUV, turned to Super Cruise out of desperation. And here’s the crucial point: she had resisted using Super Cruise — despite my prodding — because she didn’t understand it and, ironically, distrusted it. But that changed when she was driving home at night via 118 and 405 in Los Angeles,...
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