Cognitech’s CEO, Dr. Rudin, receiving the 2010 American Technology Award (The “Termans”) in the main category of Aerospace and Defense
Cognitech’s PixL2GPS™ Named Winner in Aerospace and Defense Category for TechAmerica Foundation American Technology Awards
Pasadena, Calif., – June 30, 2010–Cognitech, Inc. has been named the winner in the Aerospace and Defense category for the American Technology Awards, which bestows the only “Best Of” awards that recognize all technology products and services for the technology industry. The winners were announced on June 16 in Washington D.C. at the Ronald Regan Federal Building. The event has been a premier Washington, D.C. networking event bringing hundreds of industry, congressional and government leaders together at one venue to celebrate the partnership between industry and government. The award was attributed to Cognitech’s PixL2GPS™, the world’s first software suite that delivers accurate GPS tagging of each pixel from every frame of video. Nominations for The American Technology Awards “The Termans” were vetted by industry experts and technology companies. These awards have been named after Frederick Terman, who is widely credited as being the father of Silicon Valley.
Cognitech, Inc. develops image and video processing and analysis software tools, lossless video acquisition cards, and integrated workstation systems for professional use by various users in forensics, law enforcement, bio-identification, vehicles-identification, intelligent CCTV systems, department of defense, homeland security, geo-intelligence, and surveillance fields. The company also designs and distributes integrated hardware/software systems for bio-medical video acquisition and compact storage solutions. It offers video investigator software that allow to deblur, denoise, track, reconstruct, mosaic, stabilize moving images, change intensity levels, measure suspects, motion tracking and more.
Cognitech, Inc. develops image and video processing and analysis software tools, lossless video acquisition cards, and integrated workstation systems for professional use by various users in forensics, law enforcement, bio-identification, vehicles-identification, intelligent CCTV systems, and Department of Defense, Department of Homeland Security, geo-intelligence, and surveillance fields.
“We are much honored to receive such a prestigious award, from an organization that encourages the importance of technology development,” said Dr. Lenny Rudin, CEO, Cognitech, Inc.
“We had a lot of nominations for these prestigious awards, and we congratulate Cognitech for their winning achievement,” said Phil Bond, chairman, TechAmerica Foundation. “TechAmerica Foundation is excited to highlight Cognitech, Inc., as it continues to influence technology development throughout the rest of the world.”
The American Technology Awards were presented for each of the inclusive segments of the technology industry: Aerospace and Defense; Clean Tech/Green Tech/Smart Grid; Cloud Computing/Software as a Service; Computers and Peripherals; Consumer Electronics; Cyber Security and Authentication; Electronic Components; Internet Services; Measurement and Control Instruments; Medical Devices; Server & Storage Technology; Software; Technology Consulting; Technology Services; and Telecommunications.
About Cognitech, Inc.
In 1988, Cognitech, Inc. was the first company to design and develop the unique Video Investigator™ hardware and software products for professional forensic CCTV video applications. The latest from Cognitech is the forensic video Tri-Suite10, the most scientifically advanced and only comprehensive forensic video processing and 3-D analysis software in the world. Tri-Suite10 is comprised of Video Investigator™, VideoActive™ and AutoMeasure™. The Cognitech Video Investigator™ software, which contains the Cognitech patented FrameFusion™ SuperResolution is based on state-of-the-art patented algorithms that deliver super-fast/Real-Time results when executed on multi-GPU PC’s and even laptops. High Definition video is captured, processed, and super-compactly stored with a revolutionary lossless Cognitech VideoZipper™, a Cognitech patented proprietary codec for lossless video data. Cognitech’s software and hardware products are routinely used by thousands of law-enforcement technical investigators throughout the world.
About TechAmerica Foundation
TechAmerica Foundation educates industry executives, policy makers and opinion leaders on the promise of technological innovation to advance prosperity, security and the general welfare. Launched in 2009, the foundation is a 501c (3) non-profit, non-partisan affiliate of TechAmerica, the leading voice and resource for the U.S. technology industry. It disseminates award-winning industry, policy and market research covering topics such as U.S. competitiveness in a global economy, innovation in government, and other areas of national interest. The foundation also organizes conferences and seminars to explore pertinent issues with government and industry representatives and to share the foundation’s findings. Learn more about TechAmerica Foundation atwww.techamericafoundation.org.