Recently, three colleges converged in western Nevada for four days of field paleontology. Over thirty students participated in a series of field tasks that represented different kinds of field scientific work. The tasks ranged from classic description to modern collection techniques. For the latter, the students mapped a trilobite-rich area using a [...]
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The Nomad goes on a fossil hunt!
April 30, 2008Setting up an external Bluetooth GPS on a ToughBook
February 29, 2008As I have written in a previous blog, I am not very pleased with the integrated GPS on the new Toughbooks. However, the Bluetooth is very stable and opens up a variety of GPS options. The following goes through the steps of setting up an external GPS on a Toughbook 19 running Windows [...]
Super-cool field mineral analyzer from inXitu–check it out at AGU in San Francisco!
December 12, 2007This week, I have been visiting the annual meeting of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in San Francisco. This meeting, held each fall, showcases the latest in research on the Earth and space and the exhibit hall boasts lots of new technology. I had a great time speaking with folks at the NASA [...]
