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• Can you hear me now? Troy company pioneers voice recognition technology

On Aug. 17, VoiceFlight Systems LLC won certification from the Federal Aviation Administration for its product to be installed in the cockpits of certain Cessna airplanes...

• Rensselaer Incubator Company Receives Federal Aviation Administration Certification

Voice Flight Systems, a company that has been part of the Rensselaer Incubation Program since 2006, has developed a new way
for pilots to communicate with their aircraft. Recently, the company received Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) certification
for its VFS101 pilot speech recognition system, which allows pilots to control aircraft systems with the sound of voices.

"The VFS101 system represents a breakthrough in airborne speech recognition technology, and provides exceptional
accuracy in the challenging condition found in the aircraft cockpit," said Scott Merritt '74...

• Pilot Speech Recognition System Certified by FAA

VoiceFlight Systems of Troy NY announced today that it has received FAA certification for its VFS101 pilot speech recognition system.

The VFS101 is the first speech recognition product to have been awarded a Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) by the FAA. The system uses patented technology to provide accurate speech recognition and nearly instantaneous response. Voice entry of complex flight plans is accomplished ten times faster than is possible with the conventional GPS entry knobs. The system does not require any prior training or adaptation for specific pilot voices...

• Troy firm giving away Web site

TROY – Some of Elyse Alexander’s friends call her “The Snow White of Brunswick”.

The project manager at BelWo‚ a successful software firm in the RPI incubator center‚ is always looking for ways to pay it forward...

• RPI grads' mushroom idea wins top global prize

TROY – A $750,000 prize from a Dutch lottery to fight global warming will help two recent Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute graduates launch a company that uses mushroom fungus to make insulation and packaging material.

Housed in RPI’s Incubation center at its Troy campus, Ecovative Design got the top prize at last month’s PICNIC Green Challenge in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, where more than 230 “green” innovations from around the world were judged...

• Tech Valley Chamber Coalition

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute’s Incubation — one of the oldest Incubations in the U.S. and the first to be wholly sponsored and operated by a university — has six new high-tech tenants. The Rensselaer Incubation Program also saw three companies “graduate.”

1st Playable Productions, a video game developer is moving to office space in Troy while software company Web Scribble Solutions and digital imaging firm Applied Science Innovations are on their way to the Rensselaer Technology Park...

Rensselaer Incubation Company Receives 2006 “Best of What’s New” Award from Popular Science
Troy, N.Y. — Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute’s Incubation Program today announced that Celery LLC has been selected as one of the winners of the 2006 “Best of What’s New” award by Popular Science. Each year, the editors of Popular Science review thousands of products in search of the top 100 tech innovations of the year, breakthrough products and technologies that represent a significant leap in their categories. Celery has developed a mail service device that allows users to send and receive e-mail without the use of a computer...

Capital Region Global Business Network presented Business Opportunities with Russia.Co-sponsored by the RPI Incubation, Empire State Development, and the Albany-Tula Alliance.

On May 24th, The RPI Incubation Program served as host an event titled Business Opportunities with Russia. Trade specialists and presenters with practical experience doing business in Russia addressed the trends and challenges associated with operating in the Russian market. Over sixty attendees from the Capital Region business community were in attendance...

• Sandvine Announces Two Acquisitions

Tuesday June 19, 8:00 am ET
WATERLOO, ONTARIO--(CCNMatthews - June 19, 2007) - Sandvine Corporation (TSX:SVC - News; AIM:SAND), a leading provider of intelligent broadband network solutions for DSL, FTTH, cable, and wireless carriers, announces that it has completed an acquisition of CableMatrix Technologies, Inc. and has also entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Simplicita Software, Inc...