The Department of Defense (DoD) has awarded its Knowledge Fusion Tools Grant to Ideations, LLC and sister company MindTel, LLC for development of an industrial design to integrate the multiple technologies of its Never Never Land (NNL) Project. Ideations LLC will design and custom build systems that enhance data and information analysis.

The communications systems will also increase the awareness of military personnel at all times, including highly hazardous situations.  The highly advanced system will fuse awareness, data, and analysis for critical security applications.

Advanced communications systems and data analysis are especially important as various security agencies work to improve communications.  Ideations will develop several core components of the finalized NNL project funded by the Knowledge Fusion Grant. Ideations has developed similar systems for use in national defense, rehabilitative sciences and telemedicine. Those components include cyberized (the combination of electronic, mechanical, and biological systems) workstations, interactive floor panels and advanced visual and data systems.

The Knowledge Fusion prototypes will be showcased in San Antonio, Texas at the annual Siggraph conference, on July 22-26, 2002. Ideations will demonstrate its applications as part of the "Emerging Technologies" Exhibit. Further information on Siggraph is available at http://www.siggraph.org/s2002/flashhome.html.  Ideations LLC is an industrial design firm specializing in: 1) industrial, product and systems design, 2) technology consulting and 3) concept development. An expert in the development of data perceptualization systems, Ideations' corporate signature is its unique ability to integrate human with technological factors.

The core technologies driving IDEATIONSâs developments include: NeatTools Software, NeatViz Data Rendering Package, and TNG-3 and TNG-4 hardware components. NeatTools is freely downloadable from http://www.pulsar.org/ and NeatViz is freely downloadable from http://ackbar.MindTel.com/resources/neatviz. Additional information on TNG-3 and TNG-4 is available at http://www.mindtel.com/.

Ideations and MindTel are spin-off companies of the Center for Really Neat Research (CRNR), a non-profit organization dedicated to humanitarian applications of technology that improve the quality of life for all people. Collaboratively, Ideations, MindTel and CRNR have over ten (10) years of experience developing interface and communications systems for disabled populations. For additional information, visit http://www.ideationsllc.com/.

Ideations and MindTel relocated to Greenville, NC from Syracuse, NY in September 2001 to advance their relationship with the Telemedicine Center at the Brody School of Medicine. ECUâs Telemedicine Center is an international leader in the field of telemedicine. Ideations, MindTel and The Telemedicine Center share a unique portfolio of previous civil and para-military collaborations including: Strong Angel (http://www.strongangel.org)/, the Annual Distributed Medical Intelligence (DMI) Conferences and multiple SIGGRAPH Programs.  The companies are located in the Technology Enterprise Center in the Greenville, NC metropolitan area.

Matt Carbone, founder and President of Ideations (center), was also a featured speaker at the NCEITA Forum. He and associate Sam Baker confer with a specialist in high technology legal issues. Mr. Carboneâs presentation drew tremendous audience response from NCEITA members. NCEITA is a statewide organization representing such luminaries as Red Hat, Cisco, and SAS, but also focusing on young companies such as Ideations and MindTel. NCEITA also partners with the State Department of Commerce for the recruitment and retention of high technology companies and employees.

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