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Quake Global

Quake Global is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Quake Global rather than just read about it. In short: Quake Global is a technology company that provides products for asset tracking, location, and analytics. Quake Global designs and implements facility or campus level asset tracking products typically based around RFID and/ or BLE technology.

Key takeaways

Quake Global belongs to science; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Quake Global to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Quake Global from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Quake Global is a technology company that provides products for asset tracking, location, and analytics. Quake Global designs and implements facility or campus level asset tracking products typically based around RFID and/ or BLE technology. In 2012, Quake Global received an Inc. 5000 rank of 82 in the San Diego Metro Area. The company is based in San Diego.

Company Quake Global was founded in 1998. The company provides products and services in providing products and services for asset tracking, using RFID technology The company also designs and implements machine to machine (M2M) communication devices that are intended to utilize cellular networks or satellite networks to manage devices globally. They service organizations in various fields such as healthcare and law enforcement. In 2010, Quake Global purchased transportation-tracking company, Stellar Satellite Communications, from Orbcomm. In 2012, Quake acquired Odin, a radio-frequency identification (RFID) company. The company used this acquisition to enter the healthcare sector and marked its introduction to the RFID market. The acquisition also gave Quake Global additional market share in RF M2M technology. Companies in more than 150 different countries utilize Quake's products and services, and the company holds seventeen patents. In 2012, Quake Global partnered with SkyWave Global Communications to create QPRO. This technology was implemented in the Russian Federation's Inmarsat satellite network. QPRO is designed for fast transmission of data. Quake's other clients include Volvo, Komatsu, Caterpillar, Hitachi, Faria and Bell Equipment. In 2019 Quake Global acquired Skynet Healthcare Technologies which enabled Quake Global to add BLE active technology to their passive RFID system already used in healthcare markets, as well as enter the senior living market. Polina Braunstein is the president and CEO of Quake Global. She took the post in 2003. In 2009, Braunstein was a finalist for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award. Born in Russia, she received a Master of Science in business and industrial engineering from Novocherkassk State Polytechnic University. Braunstein was nominated as a Top Influential Nominee in 2011.

Awards and recognition Quake Global reported revenue of $26.2 million in 2011 and has a three-year growth of 30%. In 2008 and 2009, it was listed on the Deloitte & Touche Technology Fast 500, which chronicles the fastest-growing private technology companies.

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Quake Global

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Quake Global claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Quake Global before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Quake Global ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Quake Global

In research: Quake Global appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Quake Global in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Quake Global is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Companies based in San Diego, Modems, Technology companies of the United States, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Quake Global outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Quake Global in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Quake Global means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain Quake Global out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is Quake Global in simple terms?

Why does Quake Global matter?

Because it connects several science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Quake Global?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Quake Global.