When Emergencies Happen The SatPaq Becomes Your Best Friend

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Stay in touch with loved ones when outside of cell coverage with no annoying monthly fee.

The SatPaq clips to any smartphone, provides real-time information and sends messages from anywhere.

Palo Alto, CA — Higher Ground, a Silicon Valley technology company, introduces the SatPaq®, a lightweight, clip-on, smartphone accessory that enables inexpensive (pay-as-you-go) messaging by satellite.  For the 144 million outdoor enthusiasts in the U.S., the SatPaq directly solves two problems — the anxiety of not ‘being connected’ and the frustration of having to pay monthly fees even if you do not use the service.

SatPaq has recently been named a 2019 CES Innovation Award Honoree in the Wireless Devices, Accessories and Services Category. 

The SatPaq is the first satellite-messaging product to communicate directly to Geostationary [GEO] satellites for consumer communication.  Other products use Low Earth Orbit [LEO] satellites, which have a number of disadvantages such as:

There can often be a 2 to10 minute delay before a LEO satellite is in the right part of the sky and ready to accept a message.  GEO satellites are in a stationary orbit around the Earth and are always in view.

Messaging over LEOs is SIGNIFICANTLY more expensive than using our GEO satellites thus requiring an annoying monthly fee.  By communicating with the big GEOs, the SatPaq can provide inexpensive, on-demand messaging service that you only pay for when you need it.

Prior to the SatPaq, no company had ever built a credit-card-sized module to communicate to these distant [23,000 mile away] GEO satellites.  This required both a) new technology [26 US patents granted and in process] and b) a new spectrum-sharing concept, first approved by the FCC for Higher Ground and the SatPaq. 

The SatPaq provides a number of useful features for owners in addition to two-way text messaging.  With the SatPaq users can access: location-based precision weather services; on-demand, artificial-intelligence-guided first aid advice with Dr. Dex; roadside assistance [January 2019]; tracking; posting to social media; and 24/7 emergency assistance from anywhere.

The SatPaq has been extensively tested by National Park rangers, county search and rescue, Homeland Security agents, US Army Special Operations Forces and power hikers since December 2017.  Now this same technology can be used by consumers when hiking, fishing, camping or during natural disasters when no other means of communication is available.

George Durkee, author, instructor and a consultant to many National Park Service search and rescue [SAR] teams, says, “SAR teams like Yosemite Search and Rescue (YOSAR) are called in to run some two hundred SAR events every year; many of these lead to injuries and deaths.   For the entire country, there are about 100,000 search and rescues every year.   These require hundreds of man-hours per event – much of it volunteer time.   This is expensive in time, health and money.   We simply need to do better.”

“There can be two extremely frustrating situations for SAR responders: not knowing where an overdue hiker is located and/or not knowing the type of injury. An inexpensive-to-use communicator like the SatPaq can solve both of these problems.   Merely checking in once or twice per day with its real-time location report will help us to significantly narrow a search area.   And its ability to send long texts allows us to evaluate the injury and send the most effective and safest response.”

Higher Ground LLC is the fourth successful start-up from serial entrepreneur, Rob Reis.    Investment capital for Higher Ground provided by KFI, BergVC, Global Real Estate and Intelsat Corporation.

This broad need for very inexpensive, Go Anywhere Messaging® has application beyond consumer uses to long-distance drones, military situational awareness, Internet of Things and third-world learning.  Higher Ground has several, multi-million-dollar contracts with both NASA and Homeland Security to further develop technology in these spaces.

The SatPaq is available now for $249.

For more information, please visit www.satpaq.com.

I guess we are back to the future in picture taking. Many of the young techies are talking about the KODAK Mini Shot Instant Camera because it is so versatile. It allows you to print color photos from the Kodak unit as well as from your smartphone. That’s a first.

Before you do, make sure you use the color controls, filter effects and Bluetooth™ options. I could go on and on about this new introduction but Amazon created a list to explain the camera.

Key Features:

• 10-megapixel camera

• 1.7” LCD viewfinder

• Auto focus, exposure, white balance and gamma correction

• All-in-one ink and paper cartridge

• 2.1” x 3.4” (credit card size) prints

• Normal and border printing

• High-quality water resistant, fingerprint-resistant photo prints

• Bluetooth connectivity

• KODAK Mini Shot App for adding filters and effects

Bluetooth Connectivity

iOS or Android devices

Send pictures to your device to edit/share.

Send pictures from your device to print instantly.

Use the Free KODAK Mini Shot App for cropping, adding fun filters and effects or even a remote shutter to get in that group shot.

• Use the viewfinder to focus on your perfect shot

• Press the shutter button to capture and view images on the screen

• Print a full color photo in just 50 seconds, with up to 20 prints on a single charge

• Connect to your iOS or Android device to share on social media and edit on the Kodak app!

All this for $119.

I knew this speaker existed but for some reason I never thought about buying it. Whitney and Fredrick bought it for me because they know I like to listen to 1010 WINS New York radio all the time.

It’s true. Even though I don’t live in NYC anymore, I am still a devoted fan of the all talk, 24-hour news station. There is nothing else like it in the world. The slogan is, “You give us 22 minutes, we’ll give you the world.” Everything you need to know about that world around you, is delivered in 22 minutes.

I downloaded the Radio.com app on my smartphone, and then selected 1010 WINS. It’s the world news, plus New York information, which is always good to have. Now that I have the VicTsing waterproof speaker, I can continue my listening pleasure in the shower as well. I love it. Thank you, Whitney and Fredrick.

VicTsing Shower Speaker Waterproof with 5W Drive, Suction Cup, Built-in Mic

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$17.99 on Amazon.

• Great for Outdoors and Shower.The silicone cases and interface design ensure Shockproof, Dustproof Waterproof,level up to IPX4, can be used under harsh environment (such as, outdoor and shower).

• Support A2DP and and built with a 5W speaker. It can stream incrediable stereo sound with full range output, crystal clear articulate high end.

• It has built-in MIC Bluetooth speaker and hands-free function You can conveniently pick up a call by this mini speaker in car, bathroom, at home or office, anywhere during it is connected to your Smartphone.

• Built in rechargeable battery support up to six hours playing time at the volume to 70% of the maximum volume.

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O, The Oprah Magazine, selected Waterpik’s Sidekick, as one of their favorite items for the holidays. So proud!

Thanksgiving Dinner at Barton G, Miami Beach, Florida. The food plates were outrageous. The dinner was delicious.

My hairdresser’s little baby boy

Happy Thanksgiving to all.

Thank you Lisa M. Devereaux for this holiday treat.

Photos by Eliot Hess. No email blast last night. I missed the deadline.

59th Street Bridge Over Roosevelt Island

Central Park and the Upper Eastside

The Whitestone and Throgs Neck bridges

Prospect Park

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Thank you Sandor Rosenfield for providing me with these wonderful flowers.