October 10, 2006
“Un-Conference Kick-Off”
NC Biotech Center
RTP, NC
October 11, 2006
Tech 2006
McKimmon Center
NC State University
Raleigh, NC
Demo Participants
CED’s Tech 2006 will showcase innovative technologies from across the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic. Dive in to the Demo Center to see, touch and experience a wide range of revolutionary technologies and products that are emerging from world-renowned research institutions, technology corporations and entrepreneurial companies.
To learn more about the Tech 2006 Demo Technologies, visit our Demo Technology wiki.
CED has completed the application process and is no longer accepting demo applications for Tech 2006. Below is a list of Tech 2006 demo participants selected to date:
6th Sense Analytics, Inc. (Morrisville,
N.C., www.6thsenseanalytics.com) 6th Sense Analytics’ solution automatically collects accurate software development data, without changing tools or processes; and delivers aggregated metrics giving insight into the development process. This insight allows businesses to keep projects on time, on budget and on target with business goals and objectives.
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Advanced Liquid Logic (RTP, N.C., www.liquid-logic.com)
Advanced Liquid Logic develops microfluidic lab-on-a-chip
devices for highly automated, rapid and portable liquid
handlers. This disruptive technology offers an order of
magnitude generational leap in liquid handling functions.
Like digital microelectronics, basic instruction sets can
be combined and reused within hierarchical software-based
design structures so that complex procedures can be built
up step-by-step.
[ Find out more information on this demo participant's wiki. ]
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CardioVascular Resonances, LLC (Greenville,
N.C., www.cvrmed.com)
CardioVascular Resonances (CVR) has developed a medical
device for the detection of a patient's risk of a stroke.
It provides an inexpensive method of determining the need for further diagnostic testing, such as an ultrasound examination or an angiogram. It provides an inexpensive alternative to an
ultrasound examination.
[ Find out more information on this demo participant's wiki. ]
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DeltaSphere Inc. (Durham,
N.C., www.deltasphere.com)
DeltaSphere Inc. has developed SceneVision-3D, a software
tool that lets non-specialists easily create and exploit
3D digital models of real locations and objects. SceneVision-3D
is targeted at law enforcement agencies for 3D crime scene
capture, analysis, and visualization.
[ Find out more information on this demo participant's wiki. ]
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Digitalsmiths (Beaufort, S.C., www.digitalsmiths.com)
Digitalsmiths has developed a technology to index and search
video. It is able to catalog detailed information about
video so users can search it using a simple Web interface.
The technology enables users to find granular data about
dialogue, actions, objects, people, locations and more.
[ Find out more information on this demo participant's wiki. ]
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Fortune Interactive (Raleigh, N.C., www.fortuneinteractive.com)
Fortune Interactive has developed SEMLogic, which uses semantic analysis, artificial intelligence and quantitative analysis in examining a company’s online competition and identifies key patterns and trends that point toward how search engines are determining rankings. The technology studies and evaluates over 100,000 data points of on- and off-page ranking factors of more than 100 competitors in any given industry. In addition, SEMLogic uncovers what search engine crawlers are recognizing as the strongest supporting words and themes for proper content development.
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GET Interactive (Winston Salem, N.C., www.getinteractive.tv)
GET Interactive has developed a product that allows consumers
to quickly and efficiently identify and purchase the brands
and products they see used in their favorite programming.
The platform exponentially expands the range and scope of
product placement opportunities, and allows virtually any
video content to become a storefront.
[ Find out more information on this demo participant's wiki. ]
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ImagineOptix Inc. (Raleigh, N.C., www.imagineoptix.com)
ImagineOptix has developed an exceptionally high quality
and physically scalable projection imager for the video
projection industry. The HoloBright technology, which uses
unique techniques and patented concepts to provide unprecedented
optical efficiency, reduce parts, eliminates the need for
redundancy and allow for significant physical scalability
in comparison to current Liquid Crystal on Silicon (LCoS)
based projections.
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INI Power Systems, Inc. (Cary, N.C., www.inipower.com)
INI Power Systems is developing a novel Micro Fuel Cell
design that yields a low cost and lightweight power system
that outperforms conventional rechargeable batteries. The
system can be packaged in a range of form factors suitable
for consumer portable and military soldier portable applications
in the 20 – 250 watts range. The INI Power System uses replaceable
fuel cartridges that provide a continuous source of power
well beyond the capabilities of batteries alone.
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InnerOptic Technology, Inc. (Chapel
Hill, N.C., www.inneroptic.com)
InnerOptic Technology is combining their one-of-a-kind 3D
Laparoscope with intraoperative ultrasound in a motion-tracked
surgical environment to provide unprecedented real-time
visualization of a patient’s anatomy to the surgeon. Separately,
these tracked components have both been shown to increase
speed and accuracy of procedures when compared to conventional
systems. Combined and registered together, they will allow
for certain types of open procedures, which are currently
very difficult to perform minimally-invasively, to be performed
laparoscopically with greater ease, such as uterine fibroid
removal and certain operations on the liver.
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NBKJ, LLC (Apex, N.C., www.ipvisual.com)
NBKJ is the developer of IP-Docs 2007, a 3-D to 2-D software
application combining the power of Autodesk's AutoCAD to
deliver a tool which brings ease and flexibility to line-art
illustration. IP-Docs rapidly produces drawings for any
technical documentation or presentation need, equipped with
an arsenal of tools.
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NC Bionics Lab, North Carolina State University (Raleigh,
N.C., http://www.ncbionics.org)
NC Bionics Lab has developed “Tongue Drive,” a tongue-controlled
assistive technology for computer access, powered mobility
and control of the environment by severely disabled individuals.
Tongue Drive is a low cost, minimally invasive, cosmetically
acceptable and highly effective way to provide people with
spinal cord injuries and quadriplegics with proportional
control over their environment.
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Preation (Raleigh, N.C., www.preation.com)
Preation introduces Preation Heatmap, a Web-based Web analytics
product that tracks Web site visitor behavior and displays
it in real time as a visual overlay. Preation Heatmap combines
both cross-page and on-page user action tracking to build
visual user behavior reports. The product helps online marketers
track and improve the effectiveness of their Web site content
and ads by providing them insight they currently do not
have.
[ Find out more information on this demo participant's wiki. ]
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RadarFind Corporation (RTP, N.C., www.radarfind.com)
RadarFind's focus is improving patient care and hospital
profitability. Our unique patent pending real-time location
system (RTLS) is a platform technology that tracks medical
equipment and patients. It extends the concept of Global
Positioning Systems (GPS) to the indoors. Our systems seamlessly
integrate with existing hospital infrastructure and operations
to inexpensively cover the entire hospital while quickly
determining the location of tracked items.
[ Find out more information on this demo participant's wiki. ]
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Roy G Biv Networks, Inc. (Raleigh, N.C., www.beecoz.com) Roy G Biv Networks provides a directory-based communication service that connects people, neighborhoods and communities. The service platform provides a common, universal and secure platform for sharing and distributing information and objects to authenticated entities using geographic and relational social networks.
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rPath, Inc. (Raleigh, N.C., www.rpath.com)
rPath provides rBuilder and rPath Linux, the first platforms
for creating and maintaining software appliances. Using
rPath’s technology, application developers can evolve their
business from delivering an application to providing a complete
solution via software appliances. For customers, software
appliances bring the simplicity and value of Software as
a Service (SaaS) to on-premise application deployments.
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Sensory Analytics, LLC (Greensboro,
N.C., www.sensoryanalytics.com)
Sensory Analytics has developed a suite of innovative non-contact
coating and film measurement and process control systems
that help manufacturers reduce their labor costs, scrap
and rework. Their brand new robotically integrated SpecMetrix
system will bring these benefits to automotive, aerospace,
medical and industrial applications.
[ Find out more information on this demo participant's wiki. ]
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Shimadzu Scientific Instruments, Inc. (Columbia,
Md., www.ssi.shimadzu.com)
Shimadzu Scientific Instruments has developed an ultra high-speed
video camera that can capture 100 continuous images with
a frame rate of up to 1,000,000 frames per second (fps).
It comprises a newly developed single-chip charge-coupled
device (CCD) image sensor called In-situ Storage Image Sensor
(ISIS). The high-speed video camera is an important tool
for studying fast phenomena such as explosions, combustion,
spark formation, material failure, as well as cavitations
and hypervelocity projectiles.
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Sicel Technologies, Inc. (Morrisville, N.C., www.siceltech.com)
Sicel Technologies’ Dose Verification System (DVS) is the
first permanently implantable, wireless radiation sensor
for use in treating breast and prostate cancer that is commercially
available in the United States. Using proprietary, patented
telemetric technology, Sicel’s miniature DVS sensor (20mm
x 2mm) provides the unique capability not only to pinpoint
the target during a patient’s treatment cycle but also to
measure the amount of radiation received by the tumor and
normal tissue.
[ Find out more information on this demo participant's wiki. ]
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Smartvue Corporation (Nashville, Tenn.,
www.smartvue.com) Smartvue Corporation advances surveillance
with innovative video intelligence technologies and improves
business profitability by empowering the understanding of
customer behavior and employee performance. The company
has developed award-winning technologies that reduce the
cost, complexity and time to deploy IP enabled video solutions.
[ Find out more information on this demo participant's wiki. ]
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TransLoc, Inc. (Raleigh, N.C., www.transloc-inc.com)
TransLoc specializes in the collection and presentation
of real-time transit information. TransLoc’s Transit Visualization
System (TVS) continuously displays the location of vehicles
and animates their motion against a detailed map of recognizable
buildings and landmarks. TVS helps public transit riders
save time, stay safe and have more control over their schedules
while enabling transit administrators to manage their fleets
with unprecedented clarity.
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TriE Medical, Inc. (Morrisville, N.C., www.triemedical.com)
TriE Medical has developed the SFSystem, a shake/fire system
for the testing of metered dose inhalers, to be used as
a research tool, formulation device, and to collect regulatory
submission data for verification and validation purposes.
The SFSystem is completely programmable, which allows the
user to create run recipes based on difference shake rates,
dwell times, and firing positions.
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University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill, N.C.) University
of North Carolina has developed
Real Time Risk of Mortality & Instability (REALTROMINS),
a continuous evaluation of severity of illness in critically
ill children using advanced computerized biomedical engineering
and statistical modeling. REALTROMINS provides an early
warning to changes in a critically ill patient’s condition
to better match resources to the patient’s condition to
improve outcomes and decrease costs.
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UpSNAP(Davidson, N.C., www.upsnap.com)
UpSNAP is a leader in mobile search and live mobile audio
entertainment. With a rich library of branded multimedia
content and true mobile search technology, UpSNAP effectively
delivers compelling mobile content to consumers, including
text and audio content from major entertainment companies
in sports, news, music, and information. UpSNAP offers both
branded and white-label services that can be licensed by
wireless carriers, service providers, and content providers
who wish to incorporate text and streaming audio capabilities
into their existing product and service offerings.
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Visitar, Inc. (Morrisville, N.C., www.visitar.com)
Visitar provides affordable interaction solutions that link
e-mail and telephony capabilities with business applications
to improve efficiency and enhance business relationships
with current and future customers. Visitar’s first solution
to market, 360° Care via Visitar, is delivered over the
Internet. It includes a combination of customer relationship
management (CRM) services for contact management, interaction
services and inbound interactions with customers and prospects
via the phone and e-mail, and configuration services that
simplify the configuration of the solution for each customer
environment.
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VizorTech, Inc. (RTP, N.C.) VizorTech -- formerly HMDisplay -- has
developed a visor technology boasting enhanced brightness,
high quality image, low power consumption, and high contrast
ratio at significantly lower costs. VizorTech’s addressable
market includes portable devices for iPods, DVD’s, cell
phones, and personal computers.
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VitalChart (RTP, N.C., www.vitalchart.com)
VitalChart gives consumers an easy way to keep track of
all their health information and carry it wherever they
go on a secure USB keychain drive. VitalChart also makes
it easy to maintain an updated medical history. Consumers
can use the VitalChart.com Web site to work with their primary
care physician to keep their health record up-to-date.
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