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Kopin

Kopin

Kopin is a leading developer and provider of technologies and solutions that enhance the visual, verbal, audio, and head-gesture command capabilities of wearable headset products. Innovation is in our DNA. We are enabling a new tomorrow in which computing technology becomes a seamless extension of the human experience. Kopin’s technologies and solutions are available as components providing individual capabilities or as reference systems providing integrated solutions. For nearly three decades, Kopin’s scientists and engineers have created innovative technologies that have enhanced the way people see, hear, and communicate. Kopin has a long history of developing technologies required for wearable computing headsets for the military, consumers, or industry. Kopin has contributed to the development of head-mounted displays for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, created the Golden-i, a wearable headset reference design for industry, and collaborated on many wearable products with a range of companies including Vuzix, Motorola Solutions and Recon Instruments. Kopin has developed and commercialized game-changing technologies such as heterojunction bipolar transistors (HBT) which power billions of cellphones, and microdisplays which have brought vivid images to more than 30 million consumer electronics and military night vision devices. Today, Kopin is focused on helping its customers develop wearable headset systems more rapidly. Kopin’s technology portfolio of ultra-small displays, innovative optics, speech enhancement technology, head-gesture command, low-power ASICs, packaging, and system reference designs enable customers to accelerate the development of products for consumers, industry, and the military. Kopin has more than 200 global patents and patents pending in these areas....

Jeff Jacobsen

Jeff Jacobsen

Sr. Advisor to CEO & Golden-i Headset Program Mgr. for Kopin Corporation – world’s leading supplier of Micro Displays, Optical Modules and full integrated wireless computing headsets. Mr. Jacobsen is the visionary leading technology team behind Kopin’s Golden-i “hands-Free” Computing & Communications Headset development. Mr. Jacobsen assembled and leads the team responsible for discovering, identifying, refining, integrating and patenting the numerous technologies incorporated in the Golden-i headset solution. The Golden-I Team is responsible for over 100 US fundamental patents and has over 100 patent applications and disclosures pending. 1998 to 2003, Mr. Jacobsen founded Alien Technology Corporation a leader in low cost RFID tag development and IC assembly. A President & CEO of Alien, Mr. Jacobsen was an active leader and founding member of the MIT Auto ID Center Consortium, now called EPC Global. Mr. Jacobsen helped lead the global adoption of the Electronic Product Code (EPC), the fastest growing RFID supply chain and logistics standard. In December 2002 Mr. Jacobsen completed the world’s largest RFID tag contract with The Gillette Company for 500 million RFID simulating broad global support for EPC. Prior to Alien Technology, Mr. Jacobsen has been involved in three high tech start-up companies Kopin Corporation, ZyMos Corporation and ILSI; all three companies went public through an initial public offering on NASDAQ....

Manuel Gutierrez-Novelo

Manuel Gutierrez-Novelo

AlterSpaceAVR CEO, Founder, Chief Scientist, and Master Architect AILEENN CEO, Chief Scientist and Master A.I. and Neural Network Architect TDVision CEO, CTO, Founder and President AngelInventum Founder and President AlterSpace is the convergence point for the internet of things, Augmented Reality and media of any kind within one single Interactive and Immersive Environment. Powered by AILEENN’s Artificial Intelligence Logical Electronic Emulation Neural Network, the AlterSpace provides the ultimate tool for work, education, training, medical, military, game and entertainment while providing Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality and Artificial Intelligence with a human-like interaction. Manuel R. Gutierrez Novelo is the AlterSpace environment architect, AILEENN’s master architect and TDVision’s CEO & Founder. As a serial Inventor and Entrepreneur, he founded TDVision in 2003 providing an entire solution for the full HD 3D to the home ecosystem in 2006, now ISO MVC standardized for Blu-ray 3D and internationally awarded with a Lumiere 2013 for his contributions to the 3D industry. In 2012, Manuel developed AILEENN, a new infrastructure for multidimensional polymorphic, self adaptive and self learning Neural Network for Artificial Intelligence pattern analysis capable to extract abstract patterns from any type of data as a result of years of GPU/CPU multithreaded parallel processing experience. In 2014, Manuel launched the AlterSpaceAVR, a spinoff of TDVision providing a parallel digital universe where the internet of things, 3D Datasets, media, social, work, education and entertainment converge under one single interactive environment powered by AILEENN’s brain and providing interfaces for Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality, Artificial Intelligence, control, analysis and media interaction. Manuel R. Gutierrez Novelo holds a BSEE degree with emphasis on Digital Systems and Digital Control, more than 30 patents issued world wide, former contributor to many industry standards, inventor, entrepreneur, mastering multiple programming languages and he is the founder and AILEENN, AlterSpace and TDVision initiatives architect of all the hardware, firmware and software subsystems....

Finalists in Best Startup Competition Announced. Voting for Auggies is Open!

Finalists in Best Startup Competition Announced. Voting for Auggies is Open!

Today, the five finalists for the coveted Auggie Award for Best Startup were announced. The award recognizes the most innovative and exciting startup in the fields of Augmented Reality, Wearable Tech, or Internet of Things. The Startup Launchpad Session will be moderated by AWE Partner Ubergizmo‘s founder Eliane Fiolet on May 29th at 1:30-2:30 pm. The finalists are: Jean-Michel Fournier (CEO, Bitgym). Bitgym transform cardio-exercise into an exciting & addictive experience. Dima Kislovskiy (CEO, Augary)  Augary delivers in-car software solutions which plug directly into smartphone apps and in-vehicle systems. Anush Elangovan (CEO, Nod Labs) – Nod Labs, believes technology should be unobtrusive and magical.  Ryan Rogowski (CEO, Waygo). Waygo instantly translates Chinese and Japanese by just pointing your phone camera at the text – no Internet required. George Bolanos (CEO, InsideMaps). Insidemaps is the world’s first mobile APP that allows anyone to easily create a 3D model and floor plan of their home The startup launchpad, now in its 5th year, gives five AR/wearable startups five minutes each to pitch their company and product in front a judging panel that consists of VCs and Entrepreneurs. The panel asks questions, comments and eventually selects the winner based on its likelihood for success (1:30-2:30 pm on May 29). The winner will be awarded an Auggie Award during the wrap up ceremony (4-5 pm on May 29th). Last year’s winner was Robert Wang, CEO, of 3GEARS SYSTEMS. The Auggie Award™ Competition recognizes the best teams who develop technology and solutions that make the world more interactive and our life and work more engaging, productive, and fun. Consistent with AugmentedReality.org’s mission to educate, connect, and hatch new initiatives in the augmented world, and AugmentedReality.org’s global goal to inspire adoption towards the goal of 1 billion active AR users by 2020, AugmentedReality.org is co-sponsoring this competition, offering award trophies and cash prizes. In addition to the best startup competition and Best Wearable Hack (at the AWE Hackathon – sign up now!), Auggie Awards will be handed out this year in 5 major categories and 3 subcategories to a total of 10 award trophies: 1) Best Enterprise Solution 2) Best Software – sub-category: Mobile or Wearable app 3) Best Software – sub-category: Game 4) Best Software – sub-category: Campaign, and City Visions 5) Best Tools for Developers Including SDK, or Creation Tool 6) Best Hardware – sub category: Eyewear 7) Best Hardware – sub category: Wearable, other (sensor, chip, robotics) 8) Best Film including design concept and documentary Public voting for the Auggie Awards will take place between May 1st – 23rd. Winners will be announced during the Auggie Awards Ceremony on May 28th, 2014. To vote, go to augmentedworldexpo.com/auggies/, select one category at a time and vote for your favorite nomination. Here are last year’s winners: http://augmentedworldexpo.com/past-auggie-award-winners/....