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Archive for June, 2004

Opting out of Blind Spots ‘an American Perspective’

Hindsight is always 20/20, but a bit late after backing over a pick-up truck with a haul truck. And though companies can’t change the past, they can have the foresight to change the fu¬ture by watching their behinds. Rear-vision cameras were first used about 20 years ago by refuse haulers and operators of other street […]

Commendation for object detection system

The Preview object detection system has received a special commendation at the SED 2004 Awards for Excellence for no operated plant and support products.  The PreView features patented pulsed time domain radar which, unlike conventional radar systems, detects static as well as moving objects. These systems have already been fitted to machines for national companies […]