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Friday, July 29, 2011 Southwest adds GPS technology for temp. sensitive, high-value cargo Southwest Airlines Cargo announced it is now offering a wireless personal electronic device (PED) with multiple sensors that can track temperature, humidity, pressure, shock, and location for high value and temperature sensitive cargoes such as for medical and pharmaceutical products. OnAsset's SENTRY 400 includes FlightSafe, which according to Southwest, enables the PED to automatically suppress its wireless radios to an "off" mode, ensuring FAA compliancy during a flight. Southwest said in a statement that intelligent radio suppression is a patented feature and unique to SENTRY, claiming it is the only wireless device capable of turning its radio on and off without human intervention. More Newswire stories DHL offers carbon emissions tracking Cargotec files intellectual property theft lawsuit against competitor Kansas Logistics Park lands wind-farm customer Paper solar panels could end up powering smartphones, laptops	Click to browse past stories on these topics: Logistics Ports & Infrastructure Economic Outlook Environmental Impact Technology
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Southwest adds GPS technology for temp. sensitive, high-value cargo