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VIASPACE Adds to Its Intellectual Property Portfolio
Direct Methanol Fuel Cell Corporation Files Series of International Patents Covering Fuel Cartridges and Fuel Delivery Systems
PASADENA, Calif., July 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- VIASPACE Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: VSPC - News), a spin-off of NASA/Caltech's Jet Propulsion Laboratory that transforms proven space and defense technologies into hardware and software products that solve today's complex problems, announced today that it has further bolstered its intellectual property portfolio through the filing of a series of international patents covering fuel cartridges and fuel delivery systems for fuel cells by its subsidiary company Direct Methanol Fuel Cell Corporation (DMFCC). These fuel cartridges and fuel delivery systems enable laptop computers and other portable electronic devices to be powered by fuel cells, such as direct methanol fuel cells. The announcement was made by Dr. Carl Kukkonen, CEO of VIASPACE and DMFCC. Fuel cells are expected to gain a substantial market share because they offer longer operating time as compared to current lithium ion batteries and may be instantaneously recharged by simply replacing the disposable fuel cartridge. A US Fuel Cell Council report conducted by the Darnell Group predicts that 105 million fuel cell powered electronic devices will be sold per year in 2011/2012. If each device uses two cartridges per month for their three-year lifetime, this is 7 billion cartridges per year. Direct methanol fuel cells are being developed for these applications by companies such as Toshiba, NEC, Hitachi and Sanyo in Japan, and by Samsung in Korea.
"Fuel cells and fuel cartridges will give the consumer freedom from the electrical grid," stated Dr. Kukkonen. "VIASPACE and DMFCC are providing the necessary advances in fuel cartridges to facilitate widespread adoption of fuel cells for portable power applications such as laptop computers and mobile phones."
The patent applications were filed by the leading intellectual property law firm of Fish & Richardson P.C.
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VIASPACE CEO Speaks at Office of Naval Research Program Review
PASADENA, Calif., July 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- VIASPACE Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: VSPC - News), a spin-off of NASA/Caltech's Jet Propulsion Laboratory that transforms proven space and defense technologies into hardware and software products that solve today's complex problems, announced today that CEO Dr. Carl Kukkonen was a speaker at the Office of Naval Research Biomaterials & Environmental Marine Biotech Program Review July 19-20 in Arlington, VA. The Office of Naval Research (ONR) funds research and development of technologies of interest to the United States Navy.
Dr. Kukkonen's presentation was on "Sensing of Weapons of Mass Destruction." VIASPACE's subsidiary, Ionfinity, has a $700,000 contract with ONR to develop a portable mass spectrometer-based instrument to detect chemical weapon agents and industrial chemicals in air and water samples.
"New technology is transforming mass spectroscopy from an expensive stationary laboratory technique to an affordable portable sensor for homeland security," stated Dr. Kukkonen. "A low-cost, miniature mass spectrometer also enables distributed industrial process monitoring and control in the chemical and pharmaceutical industries."
VIASPACE's subsidiary, Ionfinity, is focusing on miniature and portable mass spectrometer-based instruments for homeland security, environmental monitoring, and industrial process control.
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homeland security stocks seem to be doing well these days. VSPC sure looks like is moving in the right direction. 8-K filed today!
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VIASPACE Announces Technology Licensed From Caltech for Maritime Security
PASADENA, Calif., July 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- VIASPACE Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: VSPC - News), a spin-off of the NASA/Caltech Jet Propulsion Laboratory that transforms proven space and defense technologies into hardware and software products that solve today's complex problems, announced today that its wholly-owned subsidiary Arroyo Sciences acquired an exclusive license from Caltech to MUDSS technology. The Mobile Underwater Debris Survey System (MUDSS) was developed to locate and identify underwater unexploded ordnance. MUDSS was developed jointly by NAVY's Coastal Systems Station and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory for the Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program. Originally the technology was optimized for fusion of acoustic, magnetic, electro-optical mine-hunting and trace chemical detection sensors using advanced signal and image processing algorithms and real-time 3-D visualization technologies. The announcement was made by AJ Abdallat, COO of VIASPACE. The unfortunate Swissair Flight 111 mishap in 1998 offered an operational opportunity to test capabilities of MUDSS in a real-world setting. MUDSS successfully allowed the search team to define the debris field quickly and accurately in Peggy's Cove, located off the coast of Nova Scotia. For this investigation, the MUDSS payload was extended to include advanced Synthetic Aperture Sonar (SAS) and electro-optical identification system (EIS) to locate debris from distances in excess of 110ft. MUDSS operated by combining sonar and EIS technologies in a single submersible, torpedo like vehicle that feeds high-speed data to a mothership via a fiber-optic cable. This package enables the sonar to locate objects on the ocean floor and then to use the EIS to zoom in and identify those objects at closer ranges.
According to Mr. Abdallat, "Licensing federally funded RF, nuclear and electromagnetic imaging technology is part of the VIASPACE strategy to deliver information products in transportation and supply chain security, logistics assurance and first responder safety. MUDSS is another key building block in our R&D pipeline." VIASPACE plans to deploy MUDSS to enhance the functionality of its maritime risk assessment and coastal surveillance products being developed under partnership with ATLAS Electronik of Germany.
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VIASPACE Announces Licensing of World's Fastest Inferencing Engine - SHINE - From Caltech
PASADENA, Calif., July 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- VIASPACE Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: VSPC - News), a spin-off of the NASA/Caltech Jet Propulsion Laboratory that transforms proven space and defense technologies into hardware and software products that solve today's complex problems, announced today that its subsidiary Arroyo Sciences licensed SHINE technology from Caltech. Spacecraft Health Inference Engine (SHINE) is an ultra-fast rules engine originally designed for on-board monitoring, analysis and diagnosis of NASA's spacecraft and ground data systems. It is intended for mission critical systems where inferencing speed, portability and reuse is of critical importance. SHINE embodies revolutionary concepts in knowledge representation and manipulation that go well beyond traditional expert systems. Standardized benchmarking studies have shown that SHINE can process over 30 million rules per second on desktop class computer processors. It delivers over 100X increase in inference speed and up to 1000X reduction in the size of the execution environment footprint over the best comparable commercial product.
SHINE was co-invented by scientists, David Atkinson, currently Program Manager for Project Constellation Systems Engineering Support Office within the Exploration Systems and Technology Office at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Mark James, a scientist with the Ultracomputing Technologies Group. SHINE is the only known expert system that delivers applications to a target system without requiring any additional run-time environment or dynamic memory allocation. By eliminating run-time environment SHINE enables an entire class of embedded knowledge based applications on hand-held devices and microsystems. Over the past 10 years, SHINE has been successfully applied to over two dozen applications both throughout NASA and within the commercial sector including flight hardware. It has significantly impacted operations cost, reliability and safety in NASA deep space missions, including Voyager, Galileo, Magellan, and EUVE.
According to VIASPACE CEO, Dr. Carl Kukkonen, "SHINE presents a fundamental advance in real-time artificial intelligence. It will help us deploy sophisticated knowledge bases and computational intelligence in hardware to deliver a new generation of surveillance and personnel security applications." Currently, VIASPACE is deploying SHINE for developing a wearable DeepLook MicroTracker (DMU) to provide a Wireless Umbilical for tracking first responders in hazardous environments. The DeepLook Microtracker application will synergistically integrate existing and emerging IT technologies to more effectively deploy hard and human assets in emergency response situations. The key technologies are Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Tags, wireless digital communication, Global Positioning Satellites (GPS) data exploitation for 2 D and 3 D geolocation determination, high assurance geolocation and predictive tracking software, Geographic Information Systems and sensor fusion. SHINE provides a unifying framework for tying all the elements to support DMU operations within high-rise buildings, warehouses, utility conduits, tunnels and underground parking structures.
About VIASPACE: Unparalleled Knowledge. Unparalleled Solutions.
VIASPACE is a diversified technology company with unparalleled knowledge and expertise in energy/fuel cells, microelectronics, sensors, homeland security & public safety, information & computational technology, and RFID. Founded in 1998 with the objective of transforming proven space and defense technologies from the NASA/Caltech Jet Propulsion Laboratory into hardware and software solutions that solve today's complex problems, VIASPACE has strong strategic relationships with research laboratories, universities, and other organizations within the advanced technology community. For more information, please visit our website at http://www.VIASPACE.com, contact Investor Relations at (888) 359-9558 or IR@VIASPACE.com, or Public Relations at PR@VIASPACE.com
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I'm in also. Hopefully it will quickly soar once it breaks that 4.68 resistance.. it can't be that strong. Looks like it's gapping down for monday so hopefully it will fill the gap and never look back. ^^
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amazing news coming! this should send price to $6.50 min. Heard about this on an online at small cap readio station, i'll try to find the link and post here.
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VIASPACE Subsidiary Unveils New Product Line
PASADENA, Calif., Aug. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- VIASPACE Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: VSPC - News), a spin-off from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (which is operated by Caltech) that transforms proven space and defense technologies into hardware and software products that solve today's complex problems, announced today that its subsidiary company Direct Methanol Fuel Cell Corporation (DMFCC) has designed a new plastic-based methanol fuel cartridge. Methanol fuel cartridges provide the energy source for laptop computers and other portable electronic devices that will be powered by direct methanol fuel cells. The announcement was made by Dr. Carl Kukkonen, CEO of VIASPACE and DMFCC. (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20050808/LAM065 )
Fuel cells are expected to gain a substantial market share because they offer longer operating time as compared to current lithium ion batteries and may be instantaneously recharged by simply replacing the disposable fuel cartridge. Direct methanol fuel cells are being developed for these applications by companies such as Toshiba, NEC, Hitachi and Sanyo in Japan, and by Samsung in Korea.
"Low cost fuel cartridges are analogous to disposable alkaline batteries, but a cartridge containing 50 cc of methanol can power your laptop for five or more hours compared to 10 minutes if you used an alkaline battery," stated Dr. Kukkonen. "When your laptop is plugged into the wall, no methanol is used, but when you unplug, you have freedom from the electrical grid."
DMFCC's current fuel cartridge, see link above, is designed to be inserted into a laptop computer or similar portable electronic device. Other designs in progress are for applications such as cell phones and PDAs.
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VIASPACE Developing Technology to Detect Suicide Bombers; Arroyo Sciences Announces Collaboration Agreement With ViaLogy Corp.
PASADENA, Calif., Aug. 31 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- VIASPACE Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: VSPC - News), a company that transforms proven space and defense technologies from NASA and the Department of Defense into hardware and software solutions that solve today's complex problems, announced today that its subsidiary Arroyo Sciences has entered into a strategic collaboration agreement with ViaLogy Corp. to develop and commercialize instruments to detect concealed improvised explosive devices (IED) worn by suicide bombers and other concealed weapons. This application is directed at homeland security and defense markets. Another application is to detect pilfered industrial items and other contraband concealed under a person's clothing. ViaLogy Corp. develops and markets active signal processing software solutions based on a revolutionary signal processing technology, Quantum Resonance Interferometry (QRI), which detects and discriminates data obscured by background noise with very high sensitivity and accuracy. This collaboration is directly responding to an increased global threat from improvised explosive devices. The announcement was made by AJ Abdallat, COO of VIASPACE.
The Arroyo Sciences project, code-named DEEPSCAN, combines advanced sensor hardware with proprietary software from Arroyo and ViaLogy. The goal is to produce a network-centric smart sensor with real-time threat isolation software. DEEPSCAN will deliver an integrated computational system based on Arroyo's proprietary ViaCore sensor fusion engine and ViaLogy's QRI software. The two companies are evaluating several sensor candidates for DEEPSCAN development. Originally, intended for real-time seaport and airport cargo scanning and analysis of data acquired using X-ray and gamma ray sensors, DEEPSCAN architecture has been expanded now to address scanning of vehicles and people. Arroyo and ViaLogy have also conducted initial trials on concealed weapon detection using an advanced imager. DEEPSCAN's goal is to detect concealed explosives from standoff distances.
DEEPSCAN technology from Arroyo and ViaLogy is protected by 12 issued and allowed patents and several patents pending. An immediate application for DEEPSCAN would be entrances to critical infrastructure, transportation facilities and border crossings.
About VIASPACE: Unparalleled Knowledge. Unparalleled Solutions.
VIASPACE is a diversified technology company with unparalleled knowledge and expertise in energy/fuel cells, microelectronics, sensors, homeland security & public safety, information & computational technology, and RFID. Founded in 1998 with the objective of transforming proven space and defense technologies from NASA and the Department of Defense into hardware and software solutions that solve today's complex problems, VIASPACE benefits from important patent and software licenses from Caltech, which manages NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and from relationships with research laboratories, universities, and other organizations within the advanced technology community. For more information, please visit our website at www.VIASPACE.com, contact Investor Relations at (888) 359-9558 or IR@VIASPACE.com, or Public Relations at PR@VIASPACE.com.
ABOUT VIALOGY CORP.
ViaLogy Corp., founded in 1999, is a privately held company located in Pasadena, California, that develops and markets active signal processing software solutions that are applicable to a wide variety of high technology industries (www.vialogy.com). ViaLogy has invented and patented a revolutionary signal processing technology, Quantum Resonance Interferometry (QRI). The company developed and is selling the only active signal processing product capable of being deployed on a software platform without the use of expensive and application-specific hardware. ViaLogy has been focusing on life sciences applications such as data analysis for DNA MicroArray chips and mass spectrometry.
Except for statements of historical fact, the information presented herein constitutes forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of the company to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such factors include general economic and business conditions, the ability to acquire and develop specific projects, the ability to fund operations and changes in consumer and business consumption habits and other factors over which VIASPACE has little or no control.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD VIASPACE Inc. Dr. Carl Kukkonen, CEO
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annoucement new technology will jump this up to 5.50 or 6+, for that matter all homeland security related stocks will.
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YAHHH! I'VE MADE A FEW DOLLARS ON THIS STOCK. CAN'T WAIT FOR NEXT BOUNCE.
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This has bottomed at 2.20 the last three days! That's the strong support level for this right now. Any buy at or below 3.00 will be a good play for the following week.
There is rumor that next week, VSPC will announce some amazing news that will bring the price over 5.00.
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