User-friendly, no-hassle pricing, expedition-tested gear, expedition-ready hardware, fast delivery and payments are all key in your new virtual expedition tech warehouse. (Click to enlarge)
HET is the only online satellite tech store testing all products first-hand: Every single cable, camera, power solution, phone and hardware is continuously tested in most extreme conditions - and sealed by the Expedition-ready star. Image over Contact 2.0 from 7000 meters, transmited live during the worst storm on Everest in 10 years (2003). Courtesy of Scott Woolums Adventure International.
Contact GEO brought the first multi layer automated positioning with inter-active locations to the world of exploration.
There is an active news-section, with updates on very cool tech that really works, along with heads-ups on hyped products that really don't.
Whatever you come for - to refill airtime, to get a satellite web package or order a customized solution - you will save time, money and hassle.
Image of a multiple Everest climber in the final, early morning hours before his departure to the airport, courtesy of Louis Benitez. Created by explorers for explorers, we know well the tight deadlines between the arrival of sponsor funds and the actual start of the expedition. Speed, support, and efficiency is key in the new virtual expedition tech warehouse.
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The New HumanEdgeTech.com - shop from anywhere, go everywhere - and travel light!
Posted: Nov 15, 2005 01:49 pm EST
(HumanEdgeTech.com) The new store is up and it's a pretty unique, no-nonsense place in the world of satellite communications and edge technology. Created by explorers for explorers, we know well the tight deadlines between the arrival of sponsor funds and the actual start of the expedition. User-friendly, no-hassle pricing, expedition-tested gear, expedition-ready hardware, fast delivery and payments are all key in your new virtual expedition tech warehouse. Also the products are one-of-a-kind. Let's do our check list:
1. HumanEdgeTech (HET) is the only provider in the world of all-inclusive software/hardware/web solutions that work on slow connections.
2. HET is the only provider in the world of ultralight packages (below 1 kg/2 lbs including camera) that work on all satellite systems.
3. Contact is the only truly ready-to-go package: It takes a mere 30 minutes from unpacking the Pelican box to your first update on internet.
4. HET is the only online satellite tech store testing all products first-hand: Every single cable, camera, power solution, phone and hardware is continuously tested in most extreme conditions - and sealed by the Expedition-ready star. This is essential in a world of constantly changing technology and satellites.
5. HET has provided technology for countless extreme expeditions, more than 100 in the past 6 months alone. Most are non-techie adventurers moving in the world's most extreme locations and operating under very difficult conditions.
International credit cards, worldwide delivery in 72 hours, detailed view of all products
As for the store, it's a stand-alone secure web-shop. HumanEdgeTech.com accepts most international credit cards, and delivers worldwide within 72 hours. The store offers a unique detailed view of all products. Click images for larger views in different dimensions. Check connections, ports and other details as you would in a physical store. Choose shipping direct online, select time of delivery and cost for any location in the world. There is an active news-section, with updates on very cool tech that really works, along with heads-ups' on hyped products that really don't.
Past credentials
As for our credibility, well, ExWeb built the world's first LAN wireless network on Mount Everest (to camp 3) long before internet cafés in BC became all the rage. Our team joined the first war-chalking game in NYC (featured on TechTV) - long before hotspots became a household name (and we were the only ones using PDAs).
The HET team showed you how to Skype your sat phones long before eBay bought the tech for a couple of hundred million. We brought automated positioning with inter-active locations to the world of exploration. And - of course - we did the first live dispatches, images, and videos from expeditions in the polar areas and Himalayan high camps. The Contact system has been featured in tech books and articles; it made the front page of New York Times (The Circuit) and was awarded Backpacker Editor’s choice last year.
The next step
In the next step, videos will be added to the products in the store. More gear will be added, including extended power solutions. HET will also present cool customized systems such as remote surveillance over satellite, multi-layer location maps (in a currently ongoing project with the European Space Agency), and adventure games multi-user web solutions.
Whatever you come for - a satellite phone, a web package or a customized solution - we hope you will save time, money and hassle with us. Ultimately, we hope you give your sponsors a good virtual ride for their money, and get more money for further expeditions. Show the world exactly how tough it is, transmit your story and make a toast: To Ernest Shackleton (story telling), Carl Sagan (visions), Arthur C Clarke (satellites) - and ultimately - to the Spirit of Adventure!
Enjoy the new HumanEdgeTech.com.
The launch of the store was supposed to happen yesterday, Monday. As Iridium came crashing down on us Sunday - the timing suddenly turned bad. With the problems solved today, the store is now officially open. Please allow final glitches to be worked out in the coming months.
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