Archive for June 29th, 2009

Quality of Life Technology Center Enters New Collaboration

Carnegie Mellon’s Quality of Life Technology Center (QoLT) entered into a collaboration with the University of Pittsburgh and TravellingWave, a deveoper of next-generation multimodal input technology, to develop advanced speech solutions for products – including robotic mobility assistants – for the elderly and disabled.

The CMU and U. of Pittsburgh teams will collaborate with TravellingWave under a grant-award provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Small Business Investigation Research (SBIR) supplemental awards program. 

TravellingWave’s VoicePredict™ product – which combines voice recognition with text prediction- enables users to switch between keyboard input and speech input with near-100% task-completion accuracy. 

Dr. Daniel P. Siewiorek, director of the CMU Human-Computer Interaction Institute who heads up the QoLT research in Human-System Interaction, will direct the work on the project, which marks the first commercial integration for TravellingWave’s VoicePredict.  VoicePredict will release a beta version of its product in the coming months.

Virtual Edge to Help Launch New International Pharmaceutical Company

New Virtual Edge graphicVirtual Edge Collaborative, an alternative to U.S. and Pittsburgh advertising agencies, marketing companies, marketing firms, marketing agencies, web design companies and graphic design companies, has been hired by PharmaCorp, a newly created international pharmaceutical company with locations in the USA, UAE and Uganda.

Founded in 2008, PharmaCorp is a pharmaceutical supply chain solutions provider of products, services and information to the healthcare industry. It has offices and business operations in Boston, USA, Sharjah, UAE and Kampala, Uganda. PharmaCorp’s core businesses include the sourcing, procurement, warehousing, distribution and marketing of generic prescription and over-the-counter human pharmaceuticals, medical equipment, medical devices and surgical supplies. In addition, PharmaCorp is an information intermediary between various touch points along the supply value chain, including manufacturers, third-party logistics providers and healthcare providers and their patients.

First projects that Virtual Edge Collaborative will complete for the initial launch phase will encompass the development of the company’s first logo and matching identity materials, as well as a capabilities brochure and PowerPoint presentation for marketing and sales support purposes.

“As a new business, getting our brand image, corporate identity and initial marketing materials right the first time was one of the first critical decisions we had to make. We were looking for a marketing partner who was not only interested in obtaining our business, but helping us build and grow it for the long-term. After talking to a number of marketing firms, Virtual Edge Collaborative really stood out. Their willingness to listen to our needs before offering professional advice, upfront pricing, impressive portfolio of work, knowledge and forthcoming demeanor was both refreshing and rare,” said Dr. Andrew Mulindwa, Chairman and CEO.


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