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Ascension and Microprocessor
Design Demo High Technology
at EXPO
Burlington, Vermont
USA: May 22, 2003:
Ascension Technology
Vice President Jack Scully
and Microprocessor
Designs President Jeff Finkelstein
joined forces to show guests
at the Vermont Business
and Industry EXPO 2003
Technology Luncheon some of
the astonishing products made
possible by their companies’
breakthrough technologies.
Real-time computer animation,
the Segway Human Transporter,
3D fetal ultrasounds and a
football helmet with impact
assessment capabilities were
among the products showcased.
Scully and Finkelstein explained
to the audience of over 100
guests how their companies
collaborated to drive Ascension's
motion tracking technology
forward and open up a brand
new marketplace -- real-time
computer animation. Following
a video introduction to “motion
capture” animation, Finkelstein
discussed the development
of Microprocessor Designs
and showed a variety of products
dependent on its microprocessing
solutions. Scully then explained
magnetic motion tracking and
gave an overview of applications
using Ascension’s different
tracking devices.
The presentation’s grand
finale was a live animation
performance featuring South
Burlington High School Imaging
Lab student James Pettine
and Ascension’s animated web
hostess, Angel. Pettine, outfitted
in motion tracking sensors,
danced and gestured while
his movements were tracked
by Ascension’s MotionStar
tracker. That movement information
was then transmitted to a
host computer and applied
to Angel who danced and gestured
exactly as Pettine did, at
the same time.
Microprocessor Designs, based
in Shelburne, VT, specializes
in micro-processor based product
design and development from
the concept phase through
manufacturing, providing hardware,
firmware and software expertise
for clients in the US and
Canada. For more information
about Microprocessor Designs,
visit www.updesigns.com.
Ascension Technology Corporation,
based in Milton, VT, develops
magnetic, optical and inertial
motion-tracking solutions
for 3D computer-graphics applications
in military targeting systems,
simulation, virtual reality,
biomechanics, animation and
medicine. For more information,
visit www.ascension-tech.com.
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For Immediate Release
Contact: Jack Scully (802)
893-6657 or e-mail: jscully@ascension-tech.com
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