Media Release
IDELIX Software Inc. Awarded NRC R&D FundingVancouver, British Columbia - September 17, 2001 - IDELIX Software Inc. today announced they are the recipients of a $97,500 contribution from the National Research Council (NRC) of Canada, helping to foster future research and development of their visualization technology known as Pliable Display Technology (PDT).
This project will produce core technology associated with the IDELIX/PDT platform strategy involving the use of PDT technology across a wide range of desktop, Internet, and handheld/wireless applications.
"When we undertake due diligence on a project proposal we look for the level of technical innovation and risk," said Julia Rylands, Industrial Technology Advisor for the NRC. "We want the company to innovate and grow. We also consider the market opportunity, the strategy of the company and whether they have the capability to take the product through to commercialization."
Pliable Display Technology is a patents-pending virtual lens technology designed to solve the "screen real estate problem" and improve the productivity and workflow efficiency of end users in a number of vertical markets as they work with image and data sets. It is a technology targeted at people who rely on their existing pan and zoom functions for data exploration, editing and annotation, and analysis. PDT lets a user roam freely within the context of an image and magnify detail as it appears within the focal region of the lens. The difference between PDT and existing zoom technologies is that the PDT lens does not hide any of the detail in the reference image space. As a result, it is much easier to maintain orientation and continuity in the data set, eliminating the need for a separate reference window. PDT allows the user to see the detail without losing a view of the big picture.
"In essence, Pliable Display Technology (PDT), is poised to change the way people view and value their information by addressing a fundamental problem faced by nearly every computer user, known as the "screen real estate problem"," said Stuart Bourhill, IDELIX President and COO. "PDT is solving this problem across many industries including GIS, Remote Sensing, Computer Aided Design, Electronic Media, and Handheld and Wireless Devices. The funding from the Industrial Research Assistance Program (IRAP) is a vote of confidence on behalf of the NRC, and greatly helps IDELIX accelerate research and development efforts behind this innovative technology, and respond to the increasing market demand."
The Industrial Research Assistance Program (IRAP) is the National Research Council's (NRC) award-winning innovation assistance service for small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs). IRAP's mandate is to stimulate wealth-creation for Canada through technological innovation.
