Cash-Strapped California Schools Get Technology Boost from Movea, Inc.

Silicon Valley's Movea Provides $200,000 Technology Donation, Challenges Other Tech Companies to Do the Same

MILPITAS, Calif. -- Movea, Inc. today announced it has donated a number of its Gyration GyroTransport in-air presentation devices, valued at $200,000, to over 160 cash-strapped Californian schools and colleges. Movea is the Silicon Valley-based creator of motion-sensing technology for business communications, home entertainment and mobile computing, including the concept for the Nintendo Wiimote.

Cognizant of California's deep budget cuts in government services, including $6 billion slashed from school spending, Movea decided to take the lead in directly helping students and teachers. By providing schools with technology that enhances classroom sessions, Movea's GyroTransports can make it easier for teachers to control projected lessons and presentations while moving about the classroom. Bay Area schools and colleges that have received Movea's technology donation are from the Alum Rock Union School District, San Jose Unified School District, Catholic Schools Dioceses of Oakland, Ohlone College District, Milpitas Unified School District and the Union School District.

"This is more than about being a good corporate citizen," said Bryan Hoadley, Executive VP and General Manager of Movea. "Local schools and students need to count on the full support of the community in these trying times. Movea implores its peers in Silicon Valley to follow our lead and devote what resources they can to give local educators services and technology that will help them deliver better learning to students."

The GyroTransport is a motion-sensing, pocket size, hand-held, wireless mouse that works in the air, so the user need not be tethered to a desktop. Its in-air function, as well as the presentation software that comes with it - GyroTools - has made it very popular with teachers and lecturers. A short wave of the device in a teacher's hand will activate a host of presentation tools and features that can highlight key messages and control multimedia, thus offering the user freedom of movement and help create a livelier teaching environment.

Jose L. Manzo, Superintendent of the Alum Rock Union Elementary School District, said, "The California State budget for K-12 education is losing more than $6 billion; in Alum Rock, the reduction in programs and services is equal to $16 million. Faced with such a daunting reduction in state funding, we encourage the Silicon Valley business community to accept Movea's challenge and help make a difference in our classrooms."

"California is one of 25 states hit hard by education budget cuts," said Mrs. Janice Cooper, Principal of St. Joseph's School/Catholic Schools Diocese of Oakland. "Receiving support from companies like Movea will make a difference to our students when funds for educational tools are very limited. We wholeheartedly thank Movea for its kind donation and hope other companies follow its lead."

About Movea, Inc.

Movea, Inc. is the U.S. wholly owned subsidiary of Movea SA. In January 2008, Movea SA, a spin-off from the French research institute CEA-Leti, acquired all assets of Gyration, Inc. to compliment and expand both companies' motion-sensing technology to benefit consumers worldwide in home entertainment, gaming, healthcare, mobile phone and computer input devices. Movea, Inc.'s consumer products, including Gyration's range of controllers for the digital media markets, remain under the Gyration brand name. Movea, Inc. offers products through traditional retail consumer electronics stores, value added resellers, system integrators and OEM partners. Additional information about Movea, Inc. and its range of Gyration consumer electronics products can be found at www.movea.com and www.gyration.com.