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Control Engineering editors choose BeamOne

January 16, 2005

DARIEN, Conn. - HoloTouch, Inc. and Atlantex Corporation announced that their fully functional, touchless holographic interface, BeamOne, has won a 2004 Control Engineering Editors' Choice Award, as "among the most significant innovations featured in Control Engineering during the past year." BeamOne, using patented HoloTouch technology, is seen by PCs as a keyboard and empowers operators to control equipment by simply passing a finger through holographic images of "keys" floating in the air.

The 1-inch-square holographic keys are projected several inches in front of the hardware. Software included with BeamOne allows keystrokes to be configured and saved to BeamOne. Power and communications are provided by the PC's USB port, and sensors in BeamOne detect an operator's interaction with the holographic images.

R. Douglas McPheters, president of HoloTouch, Inc., said, "We are grateful to the editors of Control Engineering for selecting BeamOne for the coveted Editors' Choice Award from among hundreds of products reviewed. This recognition signifies the impact we expect HoloTouch technology will have in many sectors, including consumer electronics, gaming, industrial, kiosk, and medical, just to name a few. We are working to provide turnkey solutions for specific applications of our innovative technology to early adopters."

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