US Army has started implementing Microsoft’s newest gaming system, the XBox 360, to help train soldiers with simulated combat and war games. The United States military has always been aware of the synergy between gaming and its new weapons systems. On a side note I read that when the Department of Defense was designing the new Air Force jet F22 Raptor, it brought in the expertise of young gamers to give suggestions on the layout and configuration of the interface to make it more intuitive for the Airmen of the future. Recently, the US Army conducted its first live-fire exercise, Experiment 1.1, using Future Combat Systems (FCS) technologies and equipment. The military exercise was apart of the most comprehensive Army modernization effort and was held at Oro Grande Range at Fort Bliss, Texas. This included a robot designed to take out snipers and code named the RedOwl. The inventory of military robots and unmanned vehicles doesn’t stop there though. The XBox controller is used to control and maneuver robots. The controllers are not completely wireless however. It looks like the controller goes to a pack on the soldier which communicates wirelessly to the robot. Not only does having a wired controller save on batteries, it simplifies the system, by only having one wireless system versus two, which cuts down on points of failure.
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With the new website we are able to expand opportunities for our military customers. 800HighTech has been so successful because of YOU! As many companies know, marketing costs can make you or break your business. 800HighTech receives most of its customers through word-of-mouth and repeat customers. Thus, we have expanded our website to encourage and reward our customers that appreciate our service and refer us customers.

We still have our old system which many of you may be familiar with. For those of you who are not, I’ll explain it real quick. When ever anyone purchases a product from us, we ask them to tell us how they found us. If they select friend and put your name, we will reward you for this. It is just that easy. This is very easy to do and to track. The only catch is you have to make sure your friend puts your name down so we know. Click on the screen shots if you want a bigger of the form.

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I was surfing the net on my PSP the other day and thought ‘Why not check out the HighTech Blog and see how it comes up on here.’ To my dismay it did not show up too well, so I added a theme for mobile users. However, on mobile phones you may still have some display issues. Oh well I tried. Anyways, I thought this would be a good time to introduce a portable gaming device that we offer that can do just about everything and display our blog and site well!

Blog now supports viewing from Sony PSP, Nintendo DS and Nintendo Wii!

Sony PSP

Let’s start off with the leader portable gaming pack, the Sony PSP. Sony PSP gaming system is the first truly integrated portable entertainment system designed to handle multiple applications‚ music, video, photo, internet, and wireless connectivity, with games as its key feature. The PSP system features an unmatched library of entertainment content, combining more than 135 games and more than 430 feature films, TV programs, and videos on UMD from major studios and record labels, as well as downloadable content from the internet.

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