Intelligent Automation, Inc.

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Intelligent Automation, Inc.
15400 Calhoun Drive, Suite 400 Rockville, MD
20855 www.i-a-i.com Dr. Jacqueline Haynes
jhaynes_at_i-a-i.com / 301 294 5260 Shannon Beltz
Mayhew smayhew_at_i-a-i.com / 301 294 5230 David
Mayhew dmayhew_at_i-a-i.com / 301 294 5264
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Intelligent Automation, Inc.

• Woman-owned small business
• Founded in 1987
• Located in Rockville, Maryland
• 92 professional staff Approx 18M revenue
  estimated for 2006
• Specialize in RD advanced artificial
  intelligence applications
• Highly qualified scientists, educators,
  psychologists, engineers, and software developers
  with extensive experience in advanced
  technologies most with advanced degrees

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Intelligent Automation, Inc.

• Six research groups
• Education and Training Technology
• Core expertise in Reading and Cognition, Adaptive
  Technologies, Multimedia Architecture, Artificial
  Intelligence, Electronic Learning Devices
• Applications across diverse domains
• Distributed Intelligent Systems and Robotics
• Signal Processing
• Sensors
• Communications
• Forensic Technology
• Multi-disciplinary staff creates environment for
  unique innovations
• Engineering from our electromechanical research
  made possible some compelling playware
  applications in education area

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Multisensory Computing and Learning Playware

• Background/foundation of our technology
• Idea began with graduate research at Harvard
  Graduate School of Education
• Kids connect most strongly with their world
  through touch
• Learners are especially likely to make new ideas
  when they are actively participating in building
  and manipulating an external artifacte.g. a
  robot, story, or popsicle stick housewhich they
  can reflect upon and share with others (Papert,
  1980).
• Learning tools need play appeal if you want kids
  to use them

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Multisensory Computing and Learning Playware

• Background/foundation of our technology
• StoryTiles
• 4th round of funding from Department of Education
  (935K total) on a family of projects within this
  line of research
• 5th round of field tests
• Kids like it!!
• Tactile experience
• StoryTiles was shown to foster language skills
  and motivate play
• Kids using entire 45 minutes
• Silly stories

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StoryTiles

• Consists of two components
• Cradle
• Manipulatives
• Children use manipulatives (toys and pictures) to
  experiment with storytelling.
• Manipulatives have code on bottom that can be
  read by cradle
• Preprogrammed manipulatives
• When manipulative or button is pressed, cradle
  will speak the word that corresponds to the
  manipulative
• Programmable manipulatives
• Child can record her own label or story to
  correspond with the manipulative

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StoryTiles

• Pressing green story button causes cradle to
  tell the story the child has constructed
• Cradle can be plugged into computer to augment
  play possibilities with software
• Animation of childs story
• Storybook that can be printed

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Productizing StoryTiles

• Versions
• StoryTiles Basic as a standalone toy that comes
  with a cradle and basic set of manipulatives
• StoryTiles Deluxe with animation and storybook
  software
• Animation software sold separately
• Storybook software sold separately
• Other software can be created (interactive games
  between device and computer)
• Could provide outlet / sales enhancer for
  licensed properties/characters
• Expansion sets of manipulatives or manipulatives
  plus specific software
• Package with book and specialized figurines
• Trademark registration is in process
• Patent process underway
• Disclosure filed with USPTO