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Visible Assets Inc. (VAI) is a company created to serve companies needing full knowledge on their products' location and physical status at all times, from manufacturer to DC to end user. The VAI group is now applying the knowledge it has accumulated about RFID and magnetic induction to produce tracking hardware and software systems for the healthcare and other sectors with high value assets.

Entigral Systems is a company that focuses on sensor automation and smart manufacturing. The company offers TraxWare, a platform and set of applications for asset tracking, work in-process management, inventory replenishment, and supply chain management, providing real-time visibility of inventory and work-in-process throughout complex manufacturing and logistics processes. Entigral primarily serves the manufacturing sector, as well as government, power and utilities, and retail automotive industries. It was founded in 2003 and is based in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Peregrine Power is a company that received a SBIR Phase I grant for a project entitled: Universal Utility/Customer Interface. Their research project will lead to an electrical panel with modules that provide interfaces between the electrical grid and the residential customer's on-site loads and other energy systems. Through the use of interactive solid state meters, the utility will be able to intelligently regulate loads and dispatch on-site energy systems. The on-site energy systems include, but are not limited to, controlled loads (e.g., water heating), pluggable EVs, generation systems (e.g., PV panels), and energy storage (e.g., spent EV batteries). The panel and modules represent the most integrated and economic system attempted so far to enable more intelligent energy management and will encourage renewable energy and conservation. In addition, new grid stabilization opportunities will be created for the utility. The proposed approach will use advanced power electronics, along with state-of-the-art communications techniques. The broader impacts of this research are (1) to enable utilities and over 50,000,000 residential customers to implement safe, convenient and economic energy management techniques, (2) to encourage renewable energy, and (3) to provide distributed generation and storage systems that assist the utility in stabilizing the grid. This would lead to more reliable and less costly energy for the customer, along with reduced greenhouse gas.

SiRF Technology (Nasdaq: SIRF) develops and markets semiconductor and software global positioning system (GPS) products. It provides global positioning systems intended to confer location awareness or location intelligence to consumer products. It was founded in 1995 and is based in San Jose, California.

GainSpan is an ultra-low power embedded Wi-Fi solutions company focused on connecting things wirelessly to the Internet. The company's Wi-Fi chips and modules make it possible to add Wi-Fi to devices, through a serial interface to a device microcontroller. The GainSpan Wi-Fi chip handles all Wi-Fi functionalities, networking and security stacks, accelerating wireless device development cycles. Applications for the company's embedded Wi-Fi include healthcare, smart energy and control and monitoring for industrial, commercial and home markets.

Ozmo Devices is a provider of low-power Wi-Fi PAN solutions. Ozmo Devices extends the functionality of Wi-Fi-enabled platforms to seamlessly communicate with peripherals. Ozmo Devices' silicon solution delivers superior performance for low-power wireless peripherals like mice and headsets. Ozmo Devices is backed by top-tier venture capital firms and managed by semiconductor industry veterans. The company is headquartered in Palo Alto, California, and has offices in the United Kingdom. For more information about Ozmo Devices, visit www.ozmodevices.com.