The following 20 companies are Showcase Companies and have been invited to exhibit their innovations at DEMOgala:
Ascent Imagery is a helicopter cinematography company headquartered in Denver Colorado.
We provide a low altitude, cost effective alternative to conventional helicopter
filming. Whether it’s motion pictures, television, action sports, or private commercial
use, Ascent can do the job. Based on new ideas utilizing innovative technology,
this will change the way you visualize helicopter shots. We operate a fleet of remotely
piloted helicopters equipped with a gyro-stabilized camera gimbals, enabling us
to capture footage from every vantage point. Not only is our aerial filming system
less expensive and more versatile than our full sized counterparts, it is also much
quieter and less intrusive. Ascent Imagery allows the film maker to unleash a whole
new perspective.
DenTech simultaneously engineers products, markets and infrastructure to manufacture
and deploy sustainable technologies. We call it 'Engineering In Place' - EIP. EIP
situates the engineered project in the real world, and engineers the market and
the regulatory and built infrastructure in synch with project development. EIP prepares
the market for the product (market engineering) and uses early market responses
to shape the final form of the product and project. EIP predicts necessary changes
to existing infrastructure and to the regulatory environment that are required to
enable the product to succeed, and engages resources to engineer the infrastructure.
DigitalGlobe is a unique imagery provider because our founders were scientists and
GIS mapping users who wanted commercial access to a consistent and rapidly expanding
supply of high quality earth imagery and geospatial information products. We are
a responsive, flexible and easy to work with company that understands what our customers
require and value, a company that delivers images and information better than anyone
else.
Envirofit's enterprise-based model represents a new, more sustainable approach to
tackling the global IAP/cookstoves problem - relying on market mechanisms to guide
product development and drive consumer demand. Centralized large-scale manufacturing,
global supply chain, and a forward-thinking engineering/R&D plan for new market
entry are necessary components to be able to successfully scale. Applying market
principles and business thinking is the best way to achieve the scale and sustainability
needed to make a long-term impact on global developmental challenges. Envirofit
International was established to develop well-engineered technology solutions to
improve the human condition on a global scale, with a primary emphasis on applications
in the developing world. Envirofit's goal is to develop and distribute well-engineered
energy products that address major environmental problems in the global emerging
markets that traditionally have been overlooked. Established as a U.S. tax-exempt
corporation, Envirofit utilizes initial donations and institutional support to fund
product development and early stage product commercialization, and then uses operating
income to develop and expand its businesses. In the rank of organizations developing
products for "bottom of the pyramid" markets, Envirofit is unique in its utilization
of the same rigorous product-development methodology and protocols used by modern
industry. This requires rigor in areas like design, validation, manufacturing, quality
control, supply chain management, distribution, inventory management, and marketing.
Envirofit's goal is thus to build and operate self-sustaining businesses as an entrepreneurial,
commercially-driven, independent, non-profit organization.
Gamma Two, Inc. is a Denver CO based robotics company established in 2003 with the
mission of developing and deploying household and domestic service robots. Our goal
is taking robotics out of the laboratory and placing them into household and office
environments. The robots utilize our proprietary 'Cybernetic Brain,' which is a
computer based analog of a biological brain. This gives our robots the ability to
work in natural environments, rather than tightly controlled environments such as
factories. Gamma Two Robotics offers a complete line of robots. These robots feature
voice input as well as voice output. Rather than requiring the humans to adapt to
the robots, Gamma Two robots learn from their environments and adapt to their owner's
needs. These robots are designed to meet the needs of a wide range of clients, including
a specific design for improving the quality of life for the mobility impaired, the
wheelchair bound, and the elderly.
Gorilla Logic is an enterprise application development solutions provider with deep
experience in Java, ADobe Flex, Mobile Application Device development and Agile.
One of Gorilla Logic's (www.gorillalogic.com) main differentiators is our ability
to consistently provide top-performing talent. Independent research has proven that
"superstar" developers deliver a 10X improvement in productivity and quality, a
metric Gorilla has consistently delivered to our clients. Gorilla Logic, however,
delivers much more than talented individuals to our clients. We deliver cohesive
teams who understand how to efficiently execute a project by employing proven system
development best practices without losing sight of the business drivers.
Ice Energy is the leading provider of distributed energy storage and smart grid
solutions for optimizing energy system efficiency. Founded in 2003, the company
is dedicated to transforming energy system efficiency and improving grid reliability
through the development of advanced technology solutions that promote the efficient
use of energy resources, reduce our dependency on fossil fuels, and enable the transition
to a cleaner, smarter, more sustainable power grid. Ice Energy’s smart grid platform
integrates the company’s revolutionary, effectively lossless distributed energy
storage technology with an advanced software infrastructure and intelligent two-way
control to provide utilities with a powerful, cost-effective solution that fundamentally
changes peak load management, and improves integration of intermittent, renewable
resources onto the grid. By leveraging the higher efficiencies associated with generating
and transmitting less expensive off-peak power at thousands of distributed locations,
and dispatching it during times of peak demand, Ice Energy delivers a persistent
new energy solution equivalent to hundreds of megawatts of clean peaking power for
utilities.
Intermap Technologies enables customers to facilitate better decision-making and
create solutions for numerous commercial, governmental, military, and consumer applications
through the purchase of high quality and affordable geometric datasets. We are proactively
remapping Europe and the U.S. and building unprecedented national databases, called
NEXTMap®, consisting of highly accurate digital topographic maps that include 3D
geometric data. Demand for NEXTMap® data is growing as new commercial applications
are emerging, including: Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Flood modeling and
watershed analysis, Image rectification, Line-of-sight analysis, Base mapping, 3D
visualization and navigation, Flight simulation, Precision farming and forestry,
Surface analysis, Landslide hazard analysis, Web Services, and Auto safety / Advanced
Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS).
LUCA Technologies is developing a novel, long-term, biotechnology-driven solution
to rising U.S. dependence on foreign energy sources. Addressing the $150 billion
domestic natural gas market, the company is leveraging the ability of naturally
occurring microorganisms to convert under-utilized domestic oil, organic-rich shale
and coal resources to clean, renewable energy.
NCAR provides the university science and teaching community with the tools, facilities,
and support required to perform innovative research. Through NCAR, scientists gain
access to high-performance computational and observational facilities, such as supercomputers,
aircraft and radar - resources researchers need to improve human understanding of
atmospheric and Earth system processes. NCAR and university scientists work together
on research topics in atmospheric chemistry, climate, cloud physics and storms,
weather hazards to aviation, and interactions between the sun and Earth. In all
of these areas, scientists are looking closely at the role of humans in both creating
climate change and responding to severe weather occurrences.
NeX Step has developed a software solution in the context of personalized medicine.
This produces a graphical representation of the relationship between an individual's
genetic profile and specific prescribed prescription medications, and OTC drugs,
and foods, nutrients, herbs and vitamins. The software will therefore allow health
professionals to anticipate the reaction of a patient to a drug, for example in
terms of efficacy, adverse events etc.
Phase IV Engineering is engaged in research, development, and production of passive
wireless sensing and monitoring products. We are the inventors of passive (battery-free)
wireless sensing based on RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) technology. Our
passive technology complements the communications and identification capabilities
of RFID with sensing and monitoring. Originally developed for aerospace and military
applications, our systems are now optimized for commercial applications in the agriculture,
transportation and logistics, aerospace, health care, food processing, construction,
and oil and gas industries. Our innovative, rugged, battery-free, ultra-miniature
sensing devices offer our customers creative and breakthrough solutions in challenging
environments.
Pixorial is a privately held company, established in June, 2007, launched to customers
in 2009, and located in Englewood, Colorado. Pixorial offers state-of-the-art media
services and innovative web applications. Pixorial is a groundbreaking online video
service where home movies and people interconnect. Customers can collaborate with
others by adding and sharing full resolution home movies in the secure Pixorial
service. Customers can edit and remix this online content to create unique, customized
video products. The final products retain the full quality and resolution of the
master movies regardless of origin.
ReadyTalk delivers audio and web meeting services that help you sell, market, educate
and collaborate remotely. ReadyTalk was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in
Denver, Colorado. We work hard to build a community of loyal customers through our
commitment to designing innovative and useful technology and through our sincere
dedication to customers’ success.
Realtime Worlds is a software technology company specializing in the entertainment sector. Our talented team have a tremendous history of creating some of the world’s bestselling video games, including the 2007 double-BAFTA winning hit ‘Crackdown’, and the global hit franchises ‘Lemmings’ and ‘Grand Theft Auto’.
SpyderLynk enables consumers with camera phones to instantly engage with advertising
to get more information, content, discounts, and participate in promotions. By activating
brand logos with our proprietary SnapTag technology, we turn impressions into engagements
into ongoing relationships to make advertising more effective, efficient, and measurable.
Standing Cloud is a provider of software and services that take the pain out of
using Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) cloud services. Cloud computing represents
a big shift in the way IT infrastructure operates, enabling agility, performance
and lower costs. While promising, these services are still immature and inconsistent.
We make it easy to deploy and configure your applications on servers from one or
many on-demand providers. We provide a consistent user interface and API, and buffer
your operations from the service idiosyncrasies, system changes, startup times,
and occasional outages. Our first offering, TryOSS, makes it almost trivial to deploy
supported open-source web applications on cloud servers. Work with us to architect
deployments across clouds, implement disaster recovery, provide scalability under
peak loads, or take advantage of better pricing with various on-demand providers.
Tendril brings 21st century efficiency to the energy industry. Our technology facilitates
a dialog between consumers and suppliers through an energy ecosystem that connects
in-home devices (like thermostats) to the utility back office. The Tendril Residential
Energy Ecosystem (TREE) enables consumers to better understand their energy consumption
patterns and empowers them with the ability to make a difference. TREE allows energy
suppliers to establish a deeper relationship with their customers and deploy smart
energy conservation programs designed to meet the individual needs of their consumer.
Our team makes that a reality.
It is important to give, and to give back. In an environment where basic raw-material
movement 'track & trace' is considered a business solution, we wish to stand out
by turning your data into value. TraceGains specializes in advanced brand protection
and promotion solutions. Our supply chain and process monitoring and alerting solutions
let customers reject non-compliant shipments before they arrive for processing,
and catch violations of critical business rules as they occur upstream and within
the organization. By preventing problems before they occur, and later minimizing
the cost and time associated with product recalls, the brand is protected from long-term
damage and rehabilitation.
Since 1993, VisionTEK has provided public safety software solutions to law enforcement
and public safety agencies across the nation. VisionTEK specializes in mobile data
software; field based reporting, messaging, and mobile CAD solutions for law enforcement.
Our solutions run on both handheld and mobile data computer (MDC) platforms and
are designed to cost-effectively enable real-time information sharing within or
across jurisdictional boundaries via wireless and wired networks. VisionTEK solutions
are deployed in over 800 Public Safety agencies.
Other Exhibitors
IT Depends – Solving People Challenges through IT Situational Analysis is developed
and delivered by Karl Sproll, the President and founder of Alitra Inc. Alitra Inc.
is an information technology consulting services company that specializes in the
people side of technology implementation. That includes project management, systems
analysis, systems architecture, package integration and systems implementation.
Our clients include large national and international organizations, as well as a
range of public sector institutions. Our assignments are often mission critical,
high risk endeavors. Invariably, the results are outstanding. Since 1999, our clients
have testified to the business and organizational benefits resulting from our top
quality professionalism and high quality products.
FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) was founded by
inventor Dean Kamen to inspire an appreciation of science and technology in young
people. This not-for-profit organization designs accessible, innovative programs
to build self-confidence, knowledge and life skills while motivating young people
to pursue opportunities in science, technology, engineering and math. FIRST's Vision
is to positively transform culture by inspiring young people, their schools, and
communities to appreciate science and technology. The FIRST Robotics Competition
(FRC) is an exciting, multinational competition that teams professionals and young
people to solve an engineering design problem in an intense and competitive way.
In 2006, the competition reached over 28,000 high-school-aged young people on over
1,125 teams in 33 regional events. FRC teams came from Brazil, Canada, Ecuador,
Israel, Mexico, the U.K., and almost every U.S. state. The competitions are high-tech
spectator sporting events, the result of lots of focused brainstorming, real-world
teamwork, dedicated mentoring, project timelines, and deadlines. Colleges, universities,
corporations, businesses, and individuals provided almost $8 million in college
scholarships to FRC participants in 2007. The competition shows students that the
technological fields hold many opportunities and that the basic concepts of science,
math, engineering, and invention are exciting and interesting.
Colorado School of Mines is a public research university devoted to engineering
and applied science. It has the highest admissions standards of any public university
in Colorado and among the highest of any public university in the U.S. Mines has
distinguished itself by developing a curriculum and research program geared towards
responsible stewardship of the earth and its resources. In addition to strong education
and research programs in traditional fields of science and engineering, Mines is
one of a very few institutions in the world having broad expertise in resource exploration,
extraction, production and utilization. As such, Mines occupies a unique position
among the world's institutions of higher education. Since its founding in 1874,
the translation of the school's mission into educational programs has been influenced
by the needs of society. Those needs are now focused more clearly than ever before.
The world faces a crisis in balancing resource availability with environmental protection
and Mines and its programs are central to the solution. Mines offers all the advantages
of a world-class research institution with a size that allows for personal attention.
With a student body of about 4,500, Mines has a student/faculty ratio of 14:1 and
an average undergraduate class size of 33 students.
Countermind provides ready-to-deploy, intelligent mobile solutions that help transportation,
logistics, and manufacturing companies optimize operations and enable real-time
access to business critical information. Founded in 2002, Countermind has created
a mobile software platform with patent-pending technology that shortens the time
to deploy tailored business solutions to address real business challenges. Countermind’s
family of enterprise-grade Mobile Intelligence (MI) products give medium to large
companies the technical edge to eliminate inefficiencies, remain competitive and
improve their customer service.
CM Mitchell Consulting (CMMC) is a woman-owned company established in 1992 to provide
consulting services that help companies design, develop and deploy enterprise level
strategies to achieve total information management. Our services help companies
maximize their investments in Enterprise Content Management, Knowledge Management,
Enterprise Search and Oracle E-Business Suite deployments.
The Denver School of Science and Technology (DSST) is a free, open-enrollment public
school serving 580 students in grades 6, and 9-12 founded in 2004. DSST is a college
preparatory liberal arts school with a science and technology focus. All students
are required to complete a rigorous curriculum including passing pre-calculus, 5
years of high school science, complete an internship and senior project to graduate.
DSST is expanding its model to a grades 6-12 program and will have full enrollment
by 2010. DSST statistics include: 45% of DSST students are economically disadvantages;
60% of DSST students are Hispanic, or African American; 50% of DSST students are
first generation college bound; Most of students enter DSST at least one grade level
behind in math and English; and 100% of DSST's first senior class were accepted
into four your colleges, including CU Boulder, Stanford, MIT, Pomona, Cal-Tech and
Wesleyan.
Founded in 1998, GTRI has quickly become one of the leading high-end solution providers
and technology consulting firms in the United States. We serve as a strategic partner
to our commercial, federal, non-profit, and educational clients nationwide, delivering
end-to-end solutions that address their most challenging business demands. Our areas
of expertise include IT strategy and planning, unified communications (VoIP), IPv6,
wireless, managed services, enterprise infrastructure, and security. We measure
our success by our customers’ ultimate success.
KidsTek has been providing technological training for children in our community
since the year 2000, when it was founded by by several of Colorado's leading technology
executives. KidsTek enhances our communities and develops the future technology
workforce through opportunity and perspective-broadening experiences for underserved
youth. Through its first non-profit service provider partnership, the Boys & Girls
Club of Metro Denver, KdsTek established a successful technology program for kids,
ages K-12, that is now a model for national Boys & Girls Clubs and new KidsTek partners.
KidsTek was awarded the 2004 National Technology Activity Award by Boys & Girls
Clubs of America for integrating technology into their core programs. Initially,
the focus was to provide computers, software and connectivity for youth at risk.
Over time, it became evident that KidsTek needed a replicable model so it could
quickly move into new sites with trained staff and a curriculum that would keep
youth engaged and focused. This was one of the core objectives in 2006 and 2007,
and has made a tremendous difference in KidsTek's ability to reach more students.
With a strong replicable program in place, quality and long-term impact are now
the primary issues. KidsTek continues to strive to reach new schools each year while
maintaining the integrity of its model. In 2008, KidsTek reached a record 1,249
students, many of whom are continuing their involvement in KidsTek during 2009.
This year it plans to serve approximately 1,300 boys and girls.
Katy Morten, the 2008 Colorado’s Top Tech Teacher, is a teacher at Martin Luther
King Jr. Early College. Located in Green Valley Ranch in far Northeast Denver, Martin
Luther King Jr. Early College is a highly diverse and culturally rich neighborhood
school. Under revitalization, the Early College is transforming from a 6th through
8th grade middle school into a 6th through 12 grade Early College. Pixels, Programming,
Play & Pedagogy (P4Games) is a project which explores the creation of interactive
videogames as a holistic, project-based teaching method in high schools. The creation
of videogames requires the integration of visual arts (pixels), computer programming
(programming), and game design (play). P4Games has two primary activities: The first
is to "teach the teachers" through the Teacher Game Institute (TGI); and the second
is to teach videogame creation skills directly to high school students during residential
summer camps. The project aims to increase student interest in art, design, math,
and technology. P4Games enjoys generous support from the National Science Foundation
and the University of Denver.
OpenWorld Learning is an independent 501c3 nonprofit organization that supports
children's school success by tapping the power of digital technology and peer teaching
to develop leadership and ignite a love of learning. Since our inception we have
proudly served more than 3,200 students, including 696 students who received more
than 100,000 program contact hours last year. Using interactive technology developed
at MIT, our programs help children invent, engineer, create and design through fun
and challenging, project-based learning. OpenWorld Learning is committed to bridging
the digital divide and developing a community of energized learners. A hallmark
of our model is the concept of "Student Leaders", volunteers promoted from within
our students who exemplify a love of learning, creativity, hard work and a passion
for helping others. These leaders serve as learning resources for their peers, embodying
the proven outcomes of peer-learning methodologies consistently demonstrated across
educational situations. In this way, we strive to make learning relevant and fun
while also equipping students with transferable life skills essential to long term
success.
Planet Telex is a software and website development company based in downtown Denver,
Colorado. We believe that our work should help you reach your goals and make you
look good, whether that is using graphic design, well architected programming, or
creating a web strategy. We are dedicated to building elegant and engaging solutions.
In addition to our services, Planet Telex also offers a suite of controls for the
ASP.NET and DotNetNuke platforms. Recently Planet Telex has begun developing applications
for large multi-touch devices such as the Microsoft Surface.
In 2005, Carl Sandburg Elementary created the Sandburg Center for the Sciences to
enhance hands-on learning opportunities in Science and Technology for both Sandburg
students and students from other LPS elementary schools. Funded by an Innovative
Programs grant from the Littleton Public School District, we've deployed a seamless,
secure wireless network that supports student research and experimentation. Students
use wireless laptops, digital microscopes, GPS devices and GIS software, data logging
devices, digital cameras, and more. In addition to support for Colorado curriculum
objectives, programs like our lunchtime Robot Club allow motivated students to explore
real-world technology applications like robotics and programming. Our program offers
great potential for inspiring a love of science and technology at the earliest stages
of learning. Why wait until students are in middle school and high school? Seize
the opportunity!
This year's nominees were:
| 3D Nature |
A3 Media |
Absolute Performance |
| Acadium, Inc. |
Active Website |
AdPay |
| Alcohol Monitoring Systems, Inc. |
Anark |
Applied Trust |
| Associated Content |
Attolist, LLC |
Axion Health |
| BandyGreen |
Beacon Biotechnology |
Bentek Energy |
| BlueModus, Inc. |
Boulder Innovation Group, Inc. |
CARTASITE |
| CasaTunes |
Centerstone Technologies |
Ceragenix |
| Chipotle |
comCables |
Cool Energy |
| CyberTech, Inc |
CYOPSIS |
dataStor |
| datAvail Corporation |
Datria Systems, Inc. |
Denver Technology, Inc. |
| Devvr |
DigitalGlobe |
EcoClassic Cars |
| eCollege |
eCortex |
EEMAP, Inc. |
| EEtrex |
Envirofit |
Everlater |
| Evolve Apparel |
EVolve Electrics |
Executor's Resource, Inc. |
| Facefile |
Filtrbox |
Format Dynamics |
| Fowler Software Design |
Gamma Two |
Gnip, Inc. |
| Gorilla Logic |
GTRI, Inc. |
Hosting.com |
| iBahn |
Ice Energy |
iggli, inc |
| Illumen |
Illumnsonix LLC |
Impact Telecom |
| Integrated Asset Services |
Intermap Technologies |
Intuicom, Inc. |
| IP5280 |
JobSiteVisitor.com |
Lightning Hybrids |
| Lijit Networks, Inc. |
LINX |
Luca Technologies |
| MapQuest |
Maptuit |
McGhee Productivity Solutions |
| Mediafly, Inc. |
MeetingOne.com Corp. |
Mobile Accord |
| myweddingworkbook.com |
National CineMedia |
NCAR - Vortex 2 Vehicle |
| NetDevil |
NewsGator |
NeX Step |
| NextBigSound |
OpenWorld Learning |
Orchestr8, LLC |
| Peak Robotics, Inc. |
petroWEB, Inc. |
Phase IV Engineering |
| Pixorial, Inc. |
Planet Telex Inc. |
Prieto Battery Inc. |
| ProStor |
Quantellia |
ReadyTalk |
| Realtime Worlds |
recordnexus |
Relevant Security Corporation |
| Remarkable Mobile |
Retel |
Rezora |
| RJ Macklin Associates |
RoadNarrows, LLC |
SatoriEDU |
| Secure64 |
SendGrid |
Sharklet Technologies |
| SharperAgent |
Silver Creek Systems |
SkyeTek |
| Software Bisque |
Solix Biofuels, Inc. |
Special Application Robotics Inc. |
| Spirae, Inc. |
SportsDataHub.com |
Spry |
| SpyderLynk |
Standing Cloud |
SurveyGizmo |
| Take Comics |
Tendril |
Tensegrity Prosthetics |
| The Next Big Sound |
theblogfrog |
Thought Equity Motion |
| Timzon |
TopSchool |
TraceGains |
| TrackVia |
Trada |
Trigpoint Solutions Inc. |
| Trueffect |
Twitterep |
UQM Technologies |
| VanDyne SuperTurbo, Inc. |
VeriPoint LLC |
VisionTek Software |
| WanderWorx |
Zerista, Inc. |
ZeroNines Technology, Inc. |
| ZettaCore |
Zia Consulting, Inc. |
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Past years' showcase companies:
>> See all the showcase companies of 2008.
>> See all the showcase companies of 2007.
>> See all the showcase companies of 2006.
>> See all the showcase companies of 2005.