Demonstrators at the ICAC 2003 Kickoff
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Proxim Corporation
http://www.proxim.com
Proxim Corporation will be providing a wireless public hot spot for the Internet Caucus Advisory Committee technology fair. Demonstrators at the event will be "unwired" with wireless networking capabilities for the duration of the conference, using their own laptop and Proxim's ORiNOCO wireless LAN solution. Proxim will loan ORiNOCO PC Cards to demonstrators, enabling them to access the Internet from anywhere in the room and at any time. All demonstrators will access the Internet through Proxim's wireless 802.11 LAN.
Advanced Biometric Security LLC
Advanced Biometric Security (ABS) is an enterprise software company providing integrated biometric software products in the security market. Using the industry leading Enterprise Biometric Framework (EBF) middleware platform, ABS is able to deliver solutions that include face recognition, hand geometry, iris scan, fingerprint and voice verification. ABS will demonstrate 2 products using face recognition. AccessPoint is an integrated multi-biometric access control solution. WatchPoint is a surveillance screening solution.
Compressus, Inc.
http://www.Compressus.com
Compressus will demonstrate products and on-going research in the fields of digital media compression and data optimization software. Demonstrations will include Compressus RadSight, a tele-medical image access system, which is being deployed at the U. S. Air Force at Nellis AFB in Nevada under the Low Bandwidth Rural Telemedicine project in conjunction with the University of Montana and Montana State University. The system enables radiologists in rural or remote locations to access large medical image data sets over constrained networks and communication links. Compressus will also demonstrate its Insight product applications for Homeland Security, Emergency Responders and Bio-Defense/Bio-Surveillance, which enables the visualization of high-resolution aerial photography and satellite imagery interactively with Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and demographic data. On-going developments in the area of distributing large data sets wireless to hand-held PDA units and high quality scalable video will also be displayed. Visit us at http://www.Compressus.com.
Dandin Group
The Dandin Group will demonstrate Motorola's wireless unlicensed Canopy solution, which provides Internet service to rural communities, communities in the digital divide, and local government networks. The Dandin Group has deployed Canopy units in three tribal communities in North Dakota and Montana to create 20-megabit backbones in rural, remote and geographically challenging areas. Moreover, the Canopy wireless system can be configured in various flexible ways to build out local area networks-where none existed before-to reach unserved communities. At a fraction of the cost of wireline legacy systems, the Canopy solution is affordable. The Canopy units are easy to install, and because they do not use proprietary spectrum, they do not require costly private licensing approval and highly bureaucratic regulatory approvals to deploy the broadband network system. The tribal wireless effort is part of a National Science Foundation (NSF) funded project called "Advanced Networking with Minority-serving Institutions" (AN-MSI).
Digit Wireless
http://www.digitwireless.com
Digit Wireless will demonstrate the Fastap keypad which is enabling users to enter data on mobile devices much easier. The Fastap keypad is a small, simple, direct-entry interface for wireless and portable products. The company licenses its designs to mobile device manufacturers worldwide, both manufacturers and operators expect to witness dramatic increases in wireless data revenue. This technology has been seen recently on CNN and the BBC. Digit Wireless has won numerous industry awards including Andrew Seybold's innovation award at COMDEX 2003 and the recent Fast Company's Fast 50 for 2002.
EagleCheck
http://www.eaglecheck.com
EagleCheck verifies the authenticity of existing government-issued photo ID's by checking the ID data against the information in the issuing database (e.g., state motor vehicle department records), thus improving airport security and providing a new method of screening passengers without causing delays or impacting freedom of movement. EagleCheck provides law enforcement personnel with the ability to apply existing intelligence data in real-time to detect known criminals, terrorists and potential security risks. With the use of encryption, EagleCheck sends concurrent inquiries to separate databases for respective verification or restriction responses; each database gives its encrypted reply independently. The actual data remains with the different government agencies where it is currently held, allowing each agency to maintain control of its own data and preventing the need for a centralized database. EagleCheck does not see or store private information, or use any kind of racial profiling as a basis for verification. In addition, by using live data, the system can also help counter the increasing problem of identify theft by checking for ID's reported lost or stolen and applying the latest intelligence information as databases are updated. For more info: http://www.eaglecheck.com.
Factiva™
http://www.Factiva.com
Factiva™, a Dow Jones & Reuters Company, will demonstrate Factiva.com, its news and business information service. This Web-based service provides vital information to government and business professionals throughout the world. Factiva offers global content, including Dow Jones and Reuters Newswires and The Wall Street Journal, unduplicated in a single service anywhere. The demonstration will show how Factiva.com allows government agencies to streamline monitoring and researching by providing access to historical market data, newswires, news articles, interactive charting, financials, and regulatory policies. Users can scan the front pages of the world's top newspapers and magazines as well as search and display information in multiple language interfaces. Free-text searching, indexing terms and advanced filtering techniques allow users to pinpoint accurate results. For more information, please visit www.Factiva.com.
FullAudio Corporation
http://www.fullaudio.com
FullAudio will demonstrate its FullAudio Digital Music Service, which features the downloading and webcasting of licensed and encrypted music files stored on the company's servers to Internet-connected devices. The Service is currently available to consumers through FullAudio's channel partners: Charter Communications, Clear Channel Communications, Earthlink (as the Earthlink Digital Music Service powered by FullAudio), and Microsoft/Windows Media Player. Our channel partners look to FullAudio's services to increase their revenues, extend their brand, develop a more in-depth, lifestyle interaction with their consumers, and enhance their core offerings. FullAudio is focused on bringing, in an easy and entertaining way, a legitimate independent digital music alternative to the peer-to-peer services that have attracted the attention of the consumer music market. For more information, please visit www.fullaudio.com.
GeoDecisions
GeoDecisions' Intelligent Road/Rail Information Server (IRRIS) is a Web-based portal to military and U.S. infrastructure information. The demo will show how the easy-to-use logistics tool leverages cutting-edge technology to provide real-time information necessary for enhanced decision-making to organize military and emergency personnel, and track military convoys and freight. The demonstration will show aspects of IRRIS including: Real-Time Intelligent Weather; Live Traffic and Incident Data; Convoy, Freight, and Ship Location and Tracking; Detailed Mapping; Vehicle Tracking; Wireless and PDA Access; and Data Query Builder.
GW University's Center of Open Source and Government (www.egovos.org) and Development InfoStructure (www.devis.com)
http://www.disabilityinfo.gov
www.disabilityinfo.gov, a comprehensive Federal resource for disability-related information launched by the White House and the Department of Labor in October 2002, will be described and demonstrated. The Department of Labor's "Workforce Connections" just-in-time Web content publishing tools allow content experts to maintain the DisabilityInfo.gov and other Public interest and internal government sites. This accessible Web management environment was created by devIS, a small local business, using open standards and free open source software. Representatives from EgovOS will describe how open source technology plays a crucial role in both present and future E-government systems.
Intel
Intel Corporation will demonstrate the TeraRecon MRI 3D Rendering application as an example of the types of vertical applications that can benefit from the deployment of widespread, end-to-end 100Mbps broadband connectivity. The demo shows how 2-dimensional medical images (CAT Scan, MRI) can be combined in real time into a 3D image using the resources of the TeraRecon computer and storage server. The rendered images can be rotated, zoomed and panned in near real time by a low cost remote PC, if the appropriate network bandwidth is available. This capability is presently constrained to small geographic footprints such as hospitals, but offers the ability to allow a doctor anywhere to view the 3D reconstructions, providing a better diagnostic tool, at a lower cost and greater convenience. Intel builds the servers, PCs and network components used to drive this application and others like it.
Interactive Digital Software Association
IDSA will provide a demonstration of online games and will discuss the variety of ways consumers can access and play games online, including sampling games on our company's websites, hourly fee and monthly subscription services, receiving "levels" of games made available through independent game websites, and online gaming through the use of video game consoles. Currently, tens of millions of Americans play board, card, trivia, and other casual games online at least once a month, and playing games on the Internet is adding to the industry's explosive growth. In 2002, revenue from subscription-based online games totaled almost $200 million and over the next five years that figure is expected to rise to nearly $1.4 billion. IDSA is the trade association representing the publishers of computer and video games for video game consoles, handheld devices, personal computers, and the Internet.
LexisNexis
The USA Patriot Act requires financial institutions to authenticate the identity of new account applicants to prevent illegal activities that support terrorism. LexisNexis has developed a new identity authentication tool in collaboration with the American Bankers Association to assist financial institutions in meeting their obligations under the USA Patriot Act. Identity authentication is an important step in preventing fraud, money laundering and other illegal activities that support terrorism. The terrorists involved in the September 11 hijackings relied on false identities to conceal their activities while preparing for September 11. This demonstration will enable the viewer to see how this identity authentication tool works and to better understand the importance of identity authentication in protecting Homeland Security.
Microsoft Corporation
Microsoft will demonstrate MSN 8, their newest, most advanced consumer Internet access software that was launched in October of last year. Built to deliver a better Internet experience, MSN 8 offers a wide range of advanced innovative features, including powerful junk e-mail filters, rich e-mail features, and simple customization tools that make it easy for users to personalize their homepage. MSN 8 also offers flexible parental controls that enable parents to customize restrictions for their children's Web browsing and communications, along with exclusive Microsoft content and tools such as MSN Learning and Research Plus with Encarta, MSN Money Plus, and MSN Photo Plus.
Microsoft will also be demonstrating Windows Media 9 Series, a comprehensive digital media platform. With more than 100 new features and improvements, Windows Media 9 is designed to be faster, more flexible, and easier to use. The ultimate photo, music, and movie enhancement pack for Windows XP, Plus! Digital Media Edition delivers new ways to create digital photo albums, share digital music, and more.
Movielink
Movielink is a new online movie service that makes available for download to U.S. broadband customers an extensive selection of feature films, both recent releases and classic library titles. Jointly owned by MGM, Paramount, Sony Pictures, Universal and Warner Bros., Movielink provides a legitimate alternative to piracy, employing digital rights management technologies as well as other protective measures to enable the secure distribution of content over the Internet. The Movielink service requires a high-speed connection for customers to experience its convenience and features, making it the kind of application that will drive broader adoption of broadband Internet connectivity.
NCMEC's NetSmartz Workshop®
http://www.NetSmartz.org
The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children will demonstrate elements of their newest public safety information program and interactive educational resource called the NetSmartz Workshop®. The NetSmartz Workshop was co-created by the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children and the Boys & Girls Clubs of America for children (ages 5-17), parents, educators, and law enforcement. The program uses age-appropriate, 3-D activities to teach children how to stay safer on the Internet. The goal of the NetSmartz Workshop is to extend the safety awareness of children to prevent victimization and increase self-confidence whenever they go online. Parents and educators can access our website to get online and offline activities and ideas for teaching Internet safety.
NTT DoCoMo USA, Inc.
http://www.nttdocomo.com
NTT DoCoMo is demonstrating some of the advanced wireless technology and services in Japan with working handsets which will simulate the service that is available in Japan. The services include i-Mode, mobile Internet service, and FOMA, the world's first 3G service using W-CDMA technology. NTT DoCoMo's demonstration will show the rich content available on i-Mode, and the services, such as video conferencing, available through FOMA's broadband connectivity. NTT DoCoMo will also be showing a video to show future applications by more enhanced wireless technology.
Orbital
Orbital will demonstrate OrbTrac, browser-based vehicle tracking, messaging, and management systems for federal, state, local and private fleets. By using the Internet to make available information about the fleet as well as messaging and emergency alarms, OrbTrac is able to offer the customer the most flexible fleet and data management system available today. Users simply log on to the Internet, from home office or vehicles and are connected to their fleet in real time. Using Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite technology, the system tracks the location and status of vehicles, helping to dispatch assets where they are most needed during operations and identifying information via remote sensors to help manage, analyze and assist in reducing response times and costs of operations.
Panasonic
Panasonic will demonstrate web-enabled wireless (802.11) network cameras that allow live snapshot images to be remotely viewed on browser-accessible cell phones and live video to be viewed on other Internet-connected devices. Panasonic's line of indoor and outdoor-use network cameras come equipped with built-in web servers that allow placement wherever there is an Internet connection and a power source. Panasonic will also demonstrate its entry into the GSM market - the GU87 Mobile Internet Camera Phone. The GU87 features a built-in 110,000 pixel digital camera and a large 2.1-inch TFT screen that allows brilliant, vibrant images (65,536 colors) to be viewed and shared via the Internet or with another web-enabled wireless phone. The combination of these products allows users to remotely monitor their homes or workplaces from virtually anywhere in the world with a compatible cell phone or Internet-connected device, enhancing security systems for consumers, business and government users.
Polycom
Polycom will demonstrate its video conferencing capabilities by establishing a broadband video conference link between the demonstration room and Senator Burns' district office in Montana. This technology has many applications, including allowing Congress to continue to work from member district offices in time of homeland defense emergencies as well as e-learning.
Soap City (Sony Pictures Digital)
http://www.soapcitydownload.com
Sony Pictures Digital presents Soap City Download (http://www.soapcitydownload.com), which enables you to watch your favorite soap operas at your convenience. Broadband consumers can download current episodes of The Young and the Restless and As the World Turns directly to their PC and watch them on their schedule with no commercial interruptions, multiple screen sizes and full VCR functionality. Fans can either subscribe to receive unlimited access to the most recent four weeks of shows or they can pay per episode including the same day's show (after 4 pm PST). Episodes are encoded at 450kbps to ensure the highest quality viewing experience. The demonstration will show how quick and easy it is to download scandal, love, and jealousy to your computer.
Texas Instruments
http://education.ti.com
Texas Instruments' hands-on demonstration will include TI graphing handhelds, probeware, the TI Keyboard, and the TI-Navigator wireless classroom network. This technology allows for improved student understanding and achievement by allowing teachers to assess students' understanding in real time and provide immediate feedback. Texas Instruments offers a standards-based professional development program to complement its range of educational products, including upgradeable handheld technology, keyboards, probeware, and curricular materials for science, mathematics, social studies, and language arts.
University of Virginia, Office of Telemedicine
The Office of Telemedicine of the University of Virginia Health System utilizes broadband telecommunications technologies to support clinical consultations, patient education and health professional educational offerings to patients and clinicians in underserved areas of rural Virginia. To date we have supported more than 5200 clinical encounters and thousands of hours of educational programs. Such activities include connectivity to a rural school for purposes of healthcare and health/science education, and similar services to rural clincs, hospitals and prisons. We plan to connect to a remotely located healthcare facility and will also provide videotapes of encounters, educational materials, and a demonstration of a non-mydriatic retinoscope used for screening of patients with diabetes to prevent blindness.
VeriSign
VeriSign Security Services will demonstrate an integrated smart-card solution that provides end users a single smart-card for physical and logical access. Leveraging technology from government leading smart-card provider ActivCard, VeriSign integrates digital certificates on the end users' smart card. The demonstration will walk attendees through the process, step-by-step, showing how the security of end users' critical information is secured every step of the way. This technology will empower consumers and business to conduct all aspects of their online life more securely, allowing individuals to utilize online services with confidence and protecting businesses from hackers and thieves.
Vonage
http://www.Vonage.com
Vonage offers consumers and businesses high-quality digital phone service as an alternative to traditional phone service. Vonage offers an easy-to-use product with the most popular features and unlimited local and long distance calling for $39.99 per month. Vonage is the first digital telephone service to compete directly with the incumbent local exchange carriers (ILECs) by offering consumers a choice where they never thought they had one - local phone service. Utilizing proprietary technology, consumers and small businesses use a high-speed Internet connection and a standard telephone to make affordable calls anywhere in the world. For the demonstration, Vonage will set up its service just like it would be in a customer's home. For more information please visit http://www.Vonage.com.
Watchfire
Watchfire will demonstrate how to assess large websites for compliance to Section 508. In 1998, Congress amended the Rehabilitation Act to require Federal agencies to make websites accessible to people with disabilities. Section 508 was created to ensure access to all individuals, including those with disabilities such as the blind, visually impaired, deaf, motor impaired, and cognitively impaired. This demonstration will show how Government agencies and companies can use AccessibilityXM to identify barriers to website accessibility and encourage compliance with existing guidelines and Government legislation, including the US government's Section 508. Additionally, Watchfire will demonstrate PrivacyXM, a privacy management solution that helps organizations to identify and manage privacy-related website issues. To help organizations earn customer trust, ensure they are not exposed to privacy risks, and comply with industry regulations and global legislation, it is necessary to effectively manage website privacy.
Xybernaut Corporation
Xybernaut Corporation will demonstrate several wearable/mobile computing devices. Wearable computers are currently being utilized in a variety of applications that serve the public interest including -- law enforcement/police/public safety, emergency preparedness, first responder support, homeland security, military preparedness, government services support (federal/state/local levels), health services support, and corporate efficiency. Many of the devices are already used in government and business settings, and several are designs for the future.
Yahooligans!
Yahooligans! will demonstrate its kid-safe services, including a comprehensive directory of carefully screened web sites, and its numerous educational and entertainment offerings designed specifically for children. The presentation will highlight the educational Yahooligans! Animals, Science, and Reference properties, as well as entertainment offerings like Yahooligans! Games, Movies, and Jokes. Yahooligans!, Yahoo!'s award-winning Web guide for kids ages 7 - 13 and their teachers and parents, continues to be one of the leading resources offering safe and entertaining experiences online. Launched in 1996, Yahooligans! is the No. 1 site used in the classroom and represents Yahoo!'s commitment to providing age-appropriate, COPPA compliant content and Internet services for children. The Yahooligans! staff consists of educational professionals and former teachers representing all grade levels who hand-review every site listed in the directory, ensuring a high quality, safe surfing experience.