MOBILE DATA TECHNOLOGY
By Jonathan Kozlowski
What am I
going to do
with that?
Anything
(almost)
Golden-i Highlights:
Full PC screen 18 inches from your eye
Wireless Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, Cellular,
P revious Law Enforcement
Technology articles have
referenced science-fiction movies to
digital cameras, camcorders
and electronic eyewear and
from Blackberries, to rifle
MiniUSB, MicroSD and radio
connectivity
62 channels, frequency hops at 1,600
hops per second
help portray and establish the pos- scopes, Kopin is a company 6-axis head movement tracking
sibilities for the future: self-aware most of us have experienced, Multi-language speech recognition
robots, half-man half-machine cops but never heard of. According using mutating linguistic algorithm
patrolling the streets of Detroit or to Jeffrey J. Jacobsen, Senior Runs Microsoft Windows
British agents restoring balance Advisor to the CEO at Lightweight — 3 to 4 ounces total
Battery swappable
in the world through the use of Kopin, the company has sup-
advanced covert technology. plied the majority of micro-
Bringing to light a lesser-known displays fielded in military hardware. trol their computer remotely, con-
acronym, HMD, or head-mounted These micro-displays are not drop trol other devices and networks at
display, the Golden-i headset places tested repeatedly from three feet to a one time and — to top it all off —
an officer’s computer and commu- concrete floor, but are mounted on have a multiple language capability.
nications — to be exact — on his rifles and cannons receiving the con- The construction and manufac-
head. Who better to manipulate this cussion and recoil from repeated fire. turing industries showed initial inter-
technology than a leading manufac- Together, Kopin and Motorola est in the Golden-i headset; however,
turer of commercial and military are researching the market to dis- the hands-free voice-activated head-
micro-displays. cover if the Golden-i HMD has law set has potential for law enforcement
Manufacturer of wireless power enforcement applications. Golden-i officers as well.
amplifiers used in cellular and began with the intention to build a SWAT teams could access blue-
mobile devices to the high definition tool that would allow access to any prints of a building after entering
(HD) micro-displays viewed in most information a user might need, con- and mount a light, and HD video
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camera with near-IR sensitivity. bicycle, foot, etc., can