New Technology Could Thwart Terrorist Attacks and Biohazard Events
30 Maio 2007 - 11:45AM
PR Newswire (US)
WASHINGTON and SAXONBURG, Pa., May 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Two US
technology companies have combined forces to create personal
environmental threat detectors out of cell phones and PDAs.
Combined with a nationwide sensor network and GPS, the
cell-phone-detector system could save millions of lives by
identifying major threats very quickly, even before they occur.
Deployment is close to fruition because many of the sensors are
already in place. The cell-phone system being developed closes the
loop. Gentag, Inc. and eV PRODUCTS are working together on the
development and deployment of low-cost threat-detection cell phones
that could form the basis of a low-cost nationwide network of
defense mechanisms against terrorist strikes and/or accidental
biohazard events. "Our patented technology provides the components
to address the US Department of Homeland Security's recently
announced vision of creating a low- cost, nationwide, wireless,
sensor-network blanket based on cell phones," announced Dr. John
Peeters, the founder of Gentag. Rick Smith, Manager of Global
Marketing & Sales at eV PRODUCTS, concurred, saying that "Our
line of miniature, mobile sensors is enabling the mass deployment
of ubiquitous, smart, radiation-sensor systems in devices like cell
phones." About Gentag and eV PRODUCTS Gentag, Inc. is a
technology-development company focusing on innovative, low-cost,
wireless sensor technologies. The company owns unique intellectual
property relating to cell-phone sensor combinations and wireless
sensor networks, including patent 7,109,859. eV PRODUCTS, a
division of II-VI Incorporated (NASDAQ:IIVI), is a premier
manufacturer and supplier of solid-state radiation sensor
technologies used in security, industrial, and medical
applications. eV PRODUCTS maintains the largest Cadmium Zinc
Telluride (CZT) crystal growth facility in the world dedicated
exclusively to enable next generation ionizing radiation sensing
markets. For inquiries, please contact Marc Onigman at
(617)-413-2830 (Gentag) or Rick Smith, Manager, Global Marketing
and Sales, eV PRODUCTS at (724)-352-5767. For more information,
visit http://www.evproducts.com/ and http://www.gentag.com/
DATASOURCE: Gentag, Inc. CONTACT: Marc Onigman of Gentag, Inc.,
+1-617-413-2830; Rick Smith, Manager, Global Marketing and Sales of
eV PRODUCTS, +1-724-352-5767 Web site: http://www.gentag.com/
http://www.evproducts.com/
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