DATELINE 6SIGHT® - PRESS RELEASES ISSUED AT 6SIGHT BY PARTICIPATING COMPANIES

Artificial Muscle:

Autofocus Actuator Product for Camera Modules Announced by Artificial Muscle, Inc. Rugged, energy efficient actuator ready for evaluation and trials.

6Sight Conference, Monterey, California, --October 24th, 2006-- Artificial Muscle, Inc., (AMI) a manufacturer that designs and builds actuator components based on its patented electroactive polymer artificial muscle (EPAM™) technology is pleased to announce the release of the DLP-95, its auto focus lens positioning actuator for the fast growing camera module market.  The DLP-95 is based on AMI’s patented Universal Muscle Actuator platform and offers OEM’s a fast, silent, accurate, highly durable, and energy efficient solution in the industry standard form factor.

CAP-XX:

CAP-XX Compares Xenon Flash and High-Current LED BriteFlash for Camera PhonesCAP-XX's Dr. Trevor Smith compares camera-phone flash options - Xenon and high-current LEDs powered by a supercapacitor, or CAP-XX's BriteFlash - for the flash power...

MONTEREY, Calif., BUSINESS WIRE -- CAP-XX Limited, a leader in thin-form supercapacitors, today presented its results of a study comparing flash solutions - xenon, standard LEDs and high-current LEDs powered by a supercapacitor, or CAP-XX's LED BriteFlash - for their ability to provide the Light Energy that camera phones of 2-megapixels or more need to take digital-still-camera-quality pictures in low light.

CNet Networks:

Philanthropy, Storytelling, Shared Interests Lead Motivations for Successful Online Content Creators Future Image and Webshots Research Study Uncovers Motivations and Rewards for Sharing Photos Online, to Be Presented at 6Sight(R) Conference October 25

SAN FRANCISCO, BUSINESS WIRE -- Future Image, a leading analyst firm in the imaging industry and hosts of the 6Sight(R) Future of Imaging conference, in partnership with CNET Networks' vibrant photo sharing community, Webshots (www.webshots.com), today announced preliminary findings in a first-of-its-kind study intended to reveal the motivations and rewards for photo content contributors who are the most engaged, and who drive the highest volumes of traffic.

Digital Railroad:

DIGITAL RAILROAD OFFERS SUPPORT FOR IVIEW MEDIAPRO TO STREAMLINE PHOTOGRAPHERS' WORKFLOWS Platform for Professional Photographers Provides Members Access to One Click Uploader Utility

MONTEREY, CA - 6SIGHT - October 25, 2006 - Digital Railroad, Inc., a leading provider of Web-based application services for the professional photography industry, announced support for iView MediaPro from iView Multimedia Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Microsoft Corp., providing its members new tools and streamlined workflows.   The first result of this support is a powerful upload utility that enables Digital Railroad members a one-click solution for transferring image files from an iView MediaPro catalog directly into their Digital Railroad archives. 

Exclaim (formerly dotPhoto):

NEW PICTAVISION® 6.0 ENABLES MOBILE PHOTO & VIDEO SHARING WITH MAJOR DIGITAL MEDIA SITES

Pictavision® 6.0 leverages interest in social networking and photo sharing by uniting phone, camera, and Web capabilities into a powerful posting tool consumers love.

Monterey, Calif.-October 24, 2006-Today Pictavision® 6.0, the next generation of photo-sharing applications for mobile phones, was launched by Exclaim(SM), a leading branded platform provider of innovative wireless and Web applications. Pictavision 6.0 instantly converts any BREW®-, Java(TM)-, and SYMBIAN(TM)-powered camera phone from major carriers in the U.S. and internationally into a powerful photo and video upload, download, and messaging tool that automatically distributes images to major digital media Web sites, including photo sharing services, blogs, photoblogs, and Web sites-all with just a few simple pushes of a button. Pictavision 6.0 will debut in November on major wireless carriers in the United States, Mexico, and the Caribbean, followed by a December rollout in Europe, Central America, and South America.

FotoNation:

FotoNation Face Tracker for Camera Phones Advanced Software Identifies and Locks onto Faces for Automatic Cropping, Focus & Exposure

October 24, 2006, Monterey, CA,— FotoNation, (http://www.fotonation.com), a world-leading imaging and connectivity solutions company for the digital photography industry, announced today at the 6Sight conference, FotoNation “Face Tracker™,” the world’s first face detection and tracking technology for camera phones.  FotoNation Face Tracker represents a major breakthrough in advanced digital image capture technology.  It detects the presence and position of a subject’s face at up to 30 frames per second during image capture enabling the optimal setting of exposure, focus and color balance.

 
Future Image:

Citizens Climate Network Announced At 6Sight Conference Features User-supplied Images Depicting Environmental Impact of Global Warming

Web site will serve as a repository for user-supplied digital video and still images

Monterey, Calif. October 25, 2006 – At the 6Sight® Future of Imaging conference (www.6sight.com) today, Citizens Climate Network (CCN) announced their intent to launch a web site/service that will allow average people worldwide to upload still and video images from their digital cameras and camera phones,  showing local effects of global warming. CCN will be a rapidly-growing, visual body of evidence that global warming is a phenomenon with grave consequences, necessitating worldwide attention and action.

Nethra Imaging:

GDA Technologies and Nethra Imaging develop smart phone reference platform with auto focus camera functionality

Reference platform speeds development time and increases PDA functionality

MONTEREY, Calif. – Oct. 24, 2006 – Nethra Imaging and GDA Technologies, Inc. have jointly developed a modular smart phone reference design with an auto focus camera. Based on Freescale Semiconductor’s i.MX31 multimedia applications processor, the platform utilizes the digital still camera-like image processing technology available in Nethra’s NI-2060 programmable processor to provide print-quality camera functionality. The smart phone reference platform helps manufacturers significantly reduce development time of enhanced multimedia-featured smart phones with complete camera functionality

Nethra Imaging, a privately held developer of imaging solutions for consumer applications, will be demonstrating this reference design at the Oct. 24 Tech Fair at the inaugural 6Sight (www.6Sight.com) Future of Imaging conference in Monterey, Calif.

PerkinElmer:

PERKINELMER DEBUTS NEW XENON FLASH PRODUCT FAMILY AT 6SIGHTTM FUTURE OF IMAGING CONFERENCE

Trim Xetm Product Family Delivers the World’s Best Photographic Image Quality to Digital and Mobile Phone Markets

October 24, 2006 - 6SightTM Future of Imaging, Monterey, CA  -  PerkinElmer Optoelectronics, a global technology leader in digital imaging, specialty lighting and optical detection technologies, today announced that it will debut its new Trim XeTM family of Xenon Flash products at the 2006 6Sight Future of Imaging Conference, October 24-25, 2006 at the Monterey Plaza Hotel and Spa in Monterey, CA.