High-Tech Tools Aid Crisis Response.Latest Technology Demonstrated at Calit2 Event IRVINE, Calif. -- School alarms that activate seconds before an earthquake strikes. Mobile robots A Mobile Robot is an automatic machine that is capable of movement in a given environment. Overview Mobile robots have the capability to move around in their environment and are not fixed to one physical location. that explore burning buildings, sending video and other data to emergency operations centers The Emergency Operations Center, or EOC, is a central command and control facility responsible for carrying out the principles of emergency preparedness and emergency management, or disaster management functions at a strategic level in an emergency situation, and ensuring . "Smart buildings" equipped with an 802.11 network layer that enables rescuers wearing sensor-packed devices to view in their eyepieces up-to-the-minute building maps indicating which rooms are occupied. These are just some of the sophisticated devices that will be demonstrated when the UC Irvine division of Calit2 - California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology - hosts its next Igniting Technology event - "One Step Ahead of the Crisis: Innovative Technology Solutions for Disaster Preparedness pre·par·ed·ness n. The state of being prepared, especially military readiness for combat. Noun 1. preparedness - the state of having been made ready or prepared for use or action (especially military action); "putting them ." The event, which is co-sponsored by intellectual property law firm Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP LLP - Lower Layer Protocol , is scheduled 5:30-8:30 p.m. Thursday, March 1, 2007, at the Calit2 Building on the UCI UCI University of California, Irvine UCI Union Cycliste Internationale (International Cycling Union) UCI Unidad de Cuidados Intensivos UCI United Cinemas International (UK) campus. Disaster preparedness requires seamless communication for decision-makers to stay one step ahead of the crisis. Calit2@UCI has built a test bed that allows industry partners and crisis responders to refine their software and hardware technologies. Test bed participants - including the president of School Broadcasting Company Noun 1. broadcasting company - a company that manages tv or radio stations company - an institution created to conduct business; "he only invests in large well-established companies"; "he started the company in his garage" and the emergency manager for the City of Ontario (Calif.) Fire Department - will participate in a panel discussion moderated by Art Rose, Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear partner. More information: http://www.calit2.net/events/ignitingtechnology/. About Calit2: The California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology (Calit2) at UC Irvine conducts multidisciplinary mul·ti·dis·ci·pli·nar·y adj. Of, relating to, or making use of several disciplines at once: a multidisciplinary approach to teaching. research in sensors, devices, communications, information technologies, digital arts and related applications that will drive the state's and the nation's economies during the coming years. More than 130 leading California computer, telecommunications, software and applications companies are partnering with Calit2 faculty to conduct research in transportation, emergency response, the environment, security, health care, business, education, the arts and entertainment. About the University of California The University of California has a combined student body of more than 191,000 students, over 1,340,000 living alumni, and a combined systemwide and campus endowment of just over $7.3 billion (8th largest in the United States). , Irvine: The University of California, Irvine is a top-ranked university dedicated to research, scholarship and community service. Founded in 1965, UCI is among the fastest-growing University of California campuses, with more than 25,000 undergraduate and graduate students and about 1,400 faculty members. The second-largest employer in dynamic Orange County, UCI contributes an annual economic impact of $3.7 billion. Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP: http://www.kmob.com/ |
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