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MICHIGAN’S
APPLIED COMPUTER TECHNOLOGIES SELECTED RUNNER-UP
FOR NEW TECHNOLOGY PRODUCT INNOVATION AWARD BY
SAE - MIT
ENTERPRISE FORUM
West
Bloomfield, Michigan – December 17, 2009
- Michigan-based Applied Computer Technologies
Inc. (Applikompt) (http://actplace.net) was
awarded runner-up at the SAE- MIT Enterprise
Forum in the category of New Product
Innovation. The competition took place
December 12th and included 10 High tech
companies, (start- ups as well as several
established companies), from the Great Lakes
Region.
“It was a great honor for us to win this
prestigious award for our technology”, commented
Mr. Mouhamad Naboulsi, President of Applikompt.
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MORE
System
lets your thumbs read the e-mail -- while you
drive
The Great
Lakes IT Report covers the technology world
broadly, but from a Michigan perspective. It
includes coverage of hardware, software, the
life sciences, alternative energy, advanced
manufacturing and advanced automotive
technology, including telematics and alternative
fuel powertrains.
(More
about Great Lakes IT Report).
Mr. Matt Roush, Editor of the Great Lakes IT
report ran into us on several occasions and we
finally had the opportunity to demonstrate the
system to him in person. Follow this
link
to read the full story on
www.greatlakesitreport.com.
I think he liked it.
Connected
Vehicle Preview by Mike Wendland, Detroit Free
Press Convergence Editor
Mr. Wendland
stopped by our stand a took a snap preview of
our system. Please click on the photo to
preview the short video.
Inventor:
Now's the time for telematics
Source:
Oakland Business Review, November 2006
Innovators
are business people who think a new way whether
that's an innovative product, process or
business strategy. It's not just about
manufacturing or technology, either. It's about
those companies leading Michigan out of the rust
belt.
It's
been 20 years in development, but Mouhamad
Naboulsi sees his automotive product to be more
applicable then ever before.........See
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Safety
while driving and multitasking. (SHORT Takes)
(Brief article)
Source: Rural Telecommunications
Publication Date: 01-MAY-06
Author:
Ward, Jesse
COPYRIGHT
2006 National Telephone Cooperative
Association
You've
surely experienced it. Perhaps you've even
been the culprit. Drivers who talk on their
cell phones and appear distracted from the
road. Without question, every driver wants
to be safe, but they also want to maximize
the use of their time and multitask.
To address these new safety issues, a
product is currently in the works to allow
drivers to use their handheld communications
devices without taking their hands off the
wheel, or their eyes off the road. The
STMCGateway will allow the driver to access
his handheld device with a one touch button
on the steering wheel. The driver's handheld
device rests in a cradle that is linked to
the car's network through a combination of
wireless technology and a USB connector. The
cradle works with any make and model of car,
and any type of cell phone, PDA, BlackBerry
or other portable device.
The STMCGateway also will provide additional
value-added safety features. It will:
* evaluate the driving conditions, based
upon preset driver preferences, and
determine if it's a good time for a driver
to receive a call or an audible e-mail. If
it's not, the call will be sent directly to
voicemail.
* link with sensors to diagnose the driver's
physical condition, by taking the driver's
heart rate, blood alcohol level and blood
pressure
* contain a programmable memory alarm that
can be set to alert a driver who is involved
with communications activities when he is
approaching certain intersections or traffic
signals
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]
[www.applikompt.com]
Compiled by Jesse Ward, NTCA Publications
Manager
http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-15635358_ITM
Autotech daily:
TELEMATICS INTERFACE PROMISES TO LIMIT
DISTRACTIONS, 03/17/2006
Contents © 2006 Hampton AutoBeat LLC. All
rights reserved.
www.autotechdaily.com
Applied Computer Technologies Inc.
(Applikompt) of Bloomfield Hills, Mich.,
says its “safe Telematics monitoring and
control gateway” system can help minimize
driver distraction by controlling the use of
cell phones, PDAs and navigation devices
based on driving conditions and
driver-specific factors. It takes into
account the real-time environment, vehicle
operating history and task management data.
For starters, drivers must have both hands
on the steering wheel to initiate
operations. Incoming calls, for example, are
answered via thumb controls on the steering
wheel. The system will offer to send an
incoming call or audible e-mail into Voice
mail if it’s received during acceleration,
braking or turn signal use—and it can be
programmed to alert a driver already on the
phone when approaching a busy intersection.
Special customization features also can be
added to fit driver preferences and driving
styles. And the system can be linked to
sensors to detect heart rate, blood alcohol
levels, blood pressure or drowsiness.
Applikompt says it is still in the initial
stages of talking with automakers and cell
phone service providers about its
technology. The company plans to debut the
system in the aftermarket starting at about
$200. The software can be hosted on an
existing in-vehicle processor, a portable
aftermarket device or on a remote computer
at a call center.
The company was formed in 1985 by two Wayne
State University students. Over the years,
it has developed several information
technology-based systems.
Forum & Link (Almontada): Arab American
Innovation (October 2005-
Dearborn, Michigan)
Have you ever wished
for a device that would allow you, the
driver, to keep your eyes on the road and
hands onthe wheel while you talk on the
phone, send an email, or even turn on your
blinker? Dreams can become
reality.......(See
full story
by Sueheila M. Amen)
Auto Insight: Smarter Steering Wheel Helps
Drivers, (October 2004-
Detroit, Michigan)
Auto Insight, a TV weekly auto news magazine
hosted by Guy Gordon, on NBC affiliates
WDIV, did a story on our product
after an interview in October 2004. Click
here
to read their impression of the STMCGATEWAYTM
HOWITM interface. The interview
was also featured on TV in November during
the weekly automotive news journal bearing
the same name.
Sensor Eradicates Driver
distraction, (Detroit Auto Scene, November
15, 2004 - Detroit, Michigan)
Mouhamad Naboulsi, President (manaboulsi
AT actplace.net)
Gabrielle
Gamache, Staff writer for the automotive
industry publisher (Springer Publication),
wrote about STMCGateway before. This time
around, Under that definitive title,
Gabrielle had a chance to experience how the
system works for her self. "Sweet" was the
word she repeated the most when navigating
through the various options of the system.
Engineers who read her articles stated that
this is the best explanation of how the
system works and recommended that we take
note for future presentation. In addition
to Detroit Auto Scene, the article appeared
in two additional automotive publications,
The Oakland Tech News and The Tech Center
News. We will send you a copy of the
article upon request.
High-tech auto gadgets could reduce
accidents (Detroit News article October 19,
2004)
Mouhamad Naboulsi, President (manaboulsi
AT actplace.net)
During Convergence2004, Reporter
Nick Bunkley
of the
Detroit News
stopped by our booth and witness a
demonstration of the device. His comments
can be found on the following link:
http://www.detnews.com/2004/autosinsider/0410/20/c01-307999.htm.
Convergence2004 news
Mouhamad Naboulsi, President (manaboulsi
AT actplace.net)
Mr.
John McElroy, A Detroit automotive icon and
the host of Radio and TV shows about the
auto industry,
(Autoline Detroit),
witnessed a demo and gave the system a "TWO
THUMBS UP". Additional European, American
and Japanese media representatives stopped
by as well, we will post their articles on
this site once we get them.
We
received excellent leads from leading
Telecom, Tier 1, 2 and OEMs. Theses leads
were almost evenly split between national
and international companies and they
included Telecom as well as Automotive
companies. On behalf of my colleagues at
ACT and
EnGenius,
I want to thank all those who stopped by,
and we look forward to working with you in
the near future.
DCX Debuts
driver advocates system, (Car Country News,
June 30, 2003- Detroit, Michigan)
Mouhamad Naboulsi,
President (manaboulsi AT
actplace.net)
Gabrielle Gamache,
Oakland Tech News. "Every day, the industry
learns a little more about the issue of
driver's distraction, but engineers at
DaimlerChrysler Corp. have designed a system
that gets at the root of the problem:
Keeping driver's focus on the road. The
system called "Drivers Advocate", was
developed in collaborative effort between
Motorola and Chrysler Group Engineers and is
integrated into the steering wheel of the
vehicle........The effort also involved
researchers and graduate students at the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology's
Media Lab in Cambridge ......". after
further details that can be summarized by
the following
slide from STMCGateway
presentation.
The story wraps up with the following
paragraph
Meanwhile, the West
Bloomfield-based company, Applikompt has
also developed a product designed to prevent
driver distraction. Known as Safe
Telematics Monitoring and Control Gateway,
(STMC), Applikompt officials say it's
getting a close look from automakers and
their suppliers.
Comment: We
have presented our product to DCX long
before they went to MIT for help with the
system, (Documented fact). Many of the
features/functions on the 300 MIT attributed
to the research above are actually patented
and patent pending features of STMCGATEWAY.
We will send you a
copy of the article upon request.
System
aims at distraction, (Tech Center News,
April 21, 2003- Detroit, Michigan)
Mouhamad Naboulsi,
President (manaboulsi AT
actplace.net)
Gabrielle Gamache,
Oakland Tech News. With some states banning
certain uses of cell phones, driver
distraction is one of those issues that
could be considered "eternally popular".
Now, a West Bloomfield
company is polishing up a product they say
can help prevent the majority of factors
surrounding driver distraction...... The
story continues to highlights the
functionality of the device and the
simplicity of the controls. We will send
you a copy of the article upon request.
Mouhamad Naboulsi,
President (manaboulsi AT
actplace.net)
The Vehicle
Component 5/02 No 5
.
2002
.
Scandinavian
Automotive Suppliers (Magazine)
Assisting the driver
Most road accidents
happen when the driver's mind is not on his
driving. There are two main reasons for
this. Either the driver is not fit for
driving. He is drunk, drugged, on medicine,
ill, tired, dement, mentally disturbed,
etc. Or, if he is perfectly well and alert,
he doesn't concentrate on his driving but on
other things.
The
obvious way to make the roads safer is
therefore to identify and stop those who are
not fit to drive, and to make those who are
fit concentrate on their driving and nothing
else. Fit drivers who keep their hands
10-to-2 or 9-to 3 on the steering wheel,
their eyes on the road and their mind on the
driving very rarely have any accidents.
However, it is very
difficult to detect and do something about
drivers not engaged in their driving. Road
safety authorities and the police can only
control and punish unwanted behavior, mainly
the speed. This brings cash to public
budgets and makes people believe it will
actually solve the problem.
It doesn't. It merely
makes traffic less efficient and
fluent and possibly cause more
accidents, because people believe legal
driving is safe driving and take their minds
off their driving.
Telematic driver
control
Telematics offer ways
to watch and control the awareness of a
driver. Several companies work with
detectors following the driver's eyes,
registering alcohol or vital physical
functions, etc. Among these are:
-
Renault
works on a system that will warn
drivers falling asleep
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The Swedish
supplier firm Smart eye
works on a system that follows the
driver vision.
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Another Swedish
supplier, Active Attention
, works on a system coupling car
control to the human mind and sensorial
functions and surveying these functions.
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At the Telematics
conference in Gothenburg on June 26 and
27, the American Innovator Mouhamad R.
Naboulsi showed his electronically
controlled system that makes the car
move only if the driver keeps his hands
properly on the steering wheel and his
eyes on the road. The system can be
adjusted to individual drivers and moved
between cars.
He can be reached on
+1-313-506-2314, E-mail:
www.actplace.net
Mouhamad Naboulsi, President (manaboulsi
AT actplace.net)
Safe Telematics
Monitoring and Controls Gateway
(STMCGateway): a solution to
Telematics-caused driver distraction
by Mouhamad Naboulsi, Applied
Computer Technologies, Inc.
(“Applikompt”) in Detroit, Michigan:
www.actplace.net/stmcg.htm
Originally submitted to the US
DOT-sponsored National Intelligent
Vehicle Initiative meeting in Washington
DC, on May 15th
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