Philippines authorities are hoping technology will help save lives this rainy season, after announcing a plan to equip local disaster officials with tablets to access and upload key info to prevent flood-related deaths. The Monitoring and Operating System for Emergency Services (Moses) tablets will be handed out to local …

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Tuesday 25th June 2013 06:13 GMT Mevi

Take an umbrella

Capacitive touchscreens don't work properly when wet, or at all if immersed in water.

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1. Tuesday 25th June 2013 06:56 GMT big_D
  
  Re: Take an umbrella
  
  Who said they are capacitive?
  
  We've been making touch terminals for "wet areas" in food production for over a decade and that is one of the reasons why we don't use capacitive touch.
  
  A touch device doesn't have to be an iPad or Nexus clone, there are lots of specialised verticals out there.
  
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  1. Tuesday 25th June 2013 18:53 GMT Anonymous Coward
    
    Re: Specialised verticals
    
    Looking around my room... Oh, yes... I have some holding the ceiling up
    
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Tuesday 25th June 2013 07:10 GMT frank ly

NOAH then MOSES .....

.... followed by the JESUS machine that enables rescue workers to travel safely across the surface of floodwaters.

Any suggestions for the meaning of this acronym?

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1. Tuesday 25th June 2013 10:17 GMT Justicesays
  
  Re: NOAH then MOSES .....
  
  Jumbo Equipment for the Suspension of Underwater Submersion
  
  Hard to find a good J for that...
  
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  1. Tuesday 25th June 2013 15:20 GMT Thecowking
    
    Re: NOAH then MOSES .....
    
    Joint Evacuation and Survival Unsinkable Submersible
    
    for some kind of rescue sub with... aerated crash foam which fills compartments in the event of a hull rupture or something and keeps the blighter floating?
    
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