Zorb

2018 NASA iTech Cycle I

notes transcribed by Paul Andreas Fischer

Tacile interface for communication

Not a map you see, but a map you feel, for blind people, is a centuries old idea

If you think about the technologies you interact with on a day to day basis, probably a screen

Millions of people rely on inefficient communication and their vision and hearing are overloaded

Sematic labs thinks about communication, and believes they have found another way of solving the problem: communicating information by touch

The product is Zorb, as a hardware desing to enable delivery of information through touch

The helmet draws your eyes to areas that need attention, such as an emergency

The sensations created by the software allow creation of sensations to communicate anything.

20 multi-billion dollar business have expressed interest

We have created a pipeline of patented products that allow us to creat an IP viable line

The pre-order campaign raised 25k, and it took 9 months to deliver the first version of the hardware for users

Collection of feedback has allowed the next generation to emerge

3 objectives

Industrial safety

Military coordination

Augmented reality

The technology of touch has not evolved in 20 years.

We are currently raising 500k to evaluate the effectiveness of the technology in specific controlled circumstances. To demonstrate how many lives are saved, how easy it is to send a message by touch, and exactly what efficiency is gained.

Our product is not like a pager, which is on or off, our product allows a wide variety of signals to be sent, from proximity alarms to the value of a pressure gauge.

Our team is comprised of employees from google, entrepreneurs, biologists, and more

So the next concept is how to take this technology to space. There are unique conditions and communication failures that can occur in space. This can be beneficial in a space suit, underwater, or in the factories where equipment is manufactured.

Q you have exclusivity in the field, and the product is already prepared for use. My question is what about security? Sensitive fields such as military might not want to allow hacking that could compromise their objectives? Is your defense an external platform or a cybersecurity focus?

A Our team coordinates with teams in the intelligence communities with separate encryption, our Bluetooth would not be active, the security is handed off on transfer.

Q Is your objective to create a new language of touch that can be used across multiple platforms?

A precisely, you already have specific emotions and responses to specific stimuli and we are able to utilize this to promote the coherency of our technology.

Q you hope to quantify how many lives you expect to save?

A exactly, by using games such as football, and the technology we can use the data from a coach giving insturctions to players as a base line for how effective it will be in the field.

Q where are the signals coming from and how are they controlled?

A right now all of the signals have a human in the loop, so there is a human who initiates the signals. We can coordinate this how you want.