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while also providing additional benefits of inertial navi-
gation (when no GPS is available) and impact severity
data in the event of an emergency.
Another functionality that the company is piloting, ac-
cording to Heilmann is “an in-cab audio notification
that will alert the crew or the operator if he’s over
speeding or operating the train in an unsafe manner. It
aids the operator by increasing their situational aware-
ness without adding any additional distractions (e.g.
displays) in the already cluttered cab environment.
There’s a lot of data, a lot of visual cues that operators
need to be looking at when they’re trying to run a train.
Now we can call their attention to information that,
maybe because of a distraction or information over-
load, they may have missed or may not be aware of.”
Today, Wi-Tronix and its 94 employees have deployed
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