Microvision - DER Durchbruch (Seite 357)

ein meines erachtens nach seriöser amerikanischer investor hat verlauten lassen, dass mvis die honda tests mit fliegenden fahnen am 12 sept bestanden habe. es gehe derzeit nur noch um weitergehende reseller rechte für honda. das dürfte auch die hohen volumina der letzten tage erklären.
die shorties werden auf kurz oder lang gegrillt werden.lol

die early adopters schlagen zu

U.S. Army to Deploy Microvision`s Nomad Augmented Vision System

First Stryker Brigade Combat Team orders 100 Nomad Systems Following Successful Nomad Field Trial


BOTHELL, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 26, 2003--Microvision, Inc. (Nasdaq:MVIS - News), a leader in light scanning technologies, today announced an order from the Program Executive Office -- Soldier within the U.S. Army for 100 units of a modified version of the Nomad Augmented Vision System. The purchase follows successful Nomad field evaluations by vehicle commanders in the Stryker Brigade Combat Team at the National Training Center at Fort Irwin, CA and the Joint Readiness Training Center at Fort Polk, LA. Delivery of Nomad Systems to support the first operational brigade deployment is expected to begin this fall. Nomad Systems will be installed in selected vehicles of the 3rd Brigade, 2nd division. In August, the Army announced that this first Stryker Brigade will be a part of the Army`s rotation plan going to Iraq and may deploy sometime this fall.
Source: Microvision


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The modified Nomad Augmented Vision System will provide the vehicle commander with a helmet-mounted, head-up, daylight-readable, remote display of the Stryker`s onboard battlefield computer while operating from the commander`s hatch opening. The commander will have an enhanced ability to observe the surroundings, choose the optimum path ahead, command the vehicle and use tactical information to his advantage. This enhanced capability can improve the fighting effectiveness, situational awareness, force protection and survivability for each vehicle and the combined forces.

"There is close correlation between the rapid deployment / rapid engagement operational requirements of the Stryker brigade and the need of the Stryker commander to monitor tactical digital information while maintaining visual contact with the battlefield," stated Andrew Lee, Microvision`s Vice President of Sales. "The Nomad Augmented Vision System provides a high contrast, daylight readable, see-through display of battlefield information, enabling the commander to continuously view outside situations as they develop. We are eager to provide the Army with augmented vision displays that can improve operational effectiveness and situational awareness."

Lee added, "The continued support we have received from Congress, particularly the Washington delegation, has enabled the development of this technology to the point where real dividends for our men and women in uniform can now be realized."

The Stryker Brigade Combat Team (SBCT) is designed to bridge the gap between the Army`s light and heavy armored forces. The units provide combat commanders increased operational and tactical flexibility. The Stryker is the Army`s newest family of combat vehicles. An eight-wheeled medium weight armored vehicle, it is the SBCT`s primary combat and combat support platform. Significantly lighter and more transportable than existing tanks and armored vehicles, the Stryker fulfills an immediate requirement for a strategically and tactically deployable brigade capable of rapid movement worldwide. With a maximum speed of over 60 mph and a range of 300 miles, the vehicles are designed to provide armament protection, speed, mobility and combat capabilities to a new, "middleweight," rapid deployment force eventually totaling six brigades. An operational Stryker brigade will have 3,600 troops, about 300 Stryker vehicles, and the ability to be delivered anywhere in the world by air transport in less than four days.

About Microvision: www.microvision.com

Headquartered in Bothell, Wash., Microvision Inc. is the world leader in the development of high-resolution displays and imaging systems based on the company`s proprietary silicon micro-mirror technology. The company`s technology has applications in a broad range of military, medical, industrial, professional and consumer products.

Microvision has been working with Canon, BMW, the Electronics Research Lab of Volkswagen of America, Johnson & Johnson`s Ethicon Endo Surgery subsidiary, Honda and others to develop a number of display and image capture product applications based on its proprietary scanned beam technology.

die shorties spielen weiterhin mit dem feuer. erneuter anstieg um 8% auf nun 2,271,459 aktien. wenn das mal kein pulverfass ist. die grossen haben wohl einen teil über warrants abgesichert, aber auch die müssen erst gekauft werden. tja und dann gibts immer noch einen riesen haufen der blank gecovert werden muss. viel spass.
dem aktienpreiss hat die ganze shorterei nichts anhaben können. sowas nenn ich stärke.

@kowloon, was sind denn ´alte´ Maßstäbe? Es gibt keine alten und neue Maßstäbe.

Die einzige Existenzberechtigung für normale Unternehmen ist Gewinn. Und dass einzig und allein.

Und klasse Chancen hat man mit vielen Unternehmen. Da braucht man doch kein Superrisiko mit MVIS zu fahren. Ist doch Quatsch.

schön mal wieder was von Lumera zu hören. auch wenn ich nachwievor nichts davon verstehe. lol.

Lumera Aims at Wi-Fi and Wi-Max Markets with Smart-Antenna Breakthroughs
Wednesday September 3, 9:35 am ET


BOTHELL, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 3, 2003--Microvision, Inc. (Nasdaq:MVIS - News) and Lumera Corporation, its majority owned subsidiary, announced today that it has demonstrated two technologies that it believes may form the basis for a family of unique "smart" antennas that can address a broad range of wireless network applications including both "Wi-Fi" 802.11b and "Wi-Max" 802.16 wireless Internet access.
The company says that it has demonstrated an innovative antenna design using proprietary patch array technology to form single beam or multi-beam disbursement patterns. According to Lumera, the compact antenna -- measuring about 3 inches on a side and 1/4" in height -- is very versatile and can support low power applications such as Wi-Fi, as well as applications that require up to 10 watts.

The company says that it has also demonstrated major advances in the design of proprietary polymer-based radio frequency (RF) phase shifters that can result in dramatically reduced cost and power consumption for smart antennas -- potentially key enablers for the most cost sensitive wireless Internet applications.

According to Tom Mino, Lumera`s CEO, the company plans to couple the two developments in order to develop low-cost smart antenna products that can address emerging requirements in a variety of large and growing markets for wireless communication systems.

"Wireless network bandwidth can be highly sensitive to antenna placement or positioning," offered Mino. "A network with its antenna(s) improperly positioned may have difficulty carrying high-resolution video and digital audio reliably, whereas the same network with just a minor change in the antenna position could carry such media rich streams flawlessly. Smart antennas improve signal quality and range and can improve bandwidth availability and network coverage by electronically steering and/or shaping the antenna pattern to more precisely aim it where it is needed."

The technique can be applied in all manner of RF communication ranging from satellite communication to GPS to cellular telephone networks and Wireless Local Area Networks (WLANs) such as Wi-Fi.

Wireless Ethernet or "Wi-Fi` has taken hold as a standard for wireless broadband access to the Internet. When a computer equipped with a Wi-Fi card comes within range -- usually 100 feet or so -- of a Wi-Fi access point it can access the Internet with the same kind of broadband performance as a hard-wired broadband network or up to 11 megabits per second. Wi-Max is a next generation wireless standard that promises to increase available bandwidth up to 70mbps and to extend broadcast range up to several kilometers to enable wireless Metropolitan Area Networks (MANs).

The market for Wi-Fi equipment has experienced strong growth during the last two years as companies and individuals have installed wireless infrastructure in homes, office buildings, retail locations and public places in order to enable low-cost (and in some cases free) wireless broadband access to the Internet.

According to a recent issue of Business Week, "Wi-Fi spending on hardware and subscriptions is expected to reach $3.4 billion this year and is growing at a 30% clip. Network buildouts over the next two years will chip in $8.2 billion more."

Research analysts at the Gartner group say that by 2006, there are expected to be 89,000 public Wi-Fi network access points and more than 99 million Wi-Fi users worldwide.

Consumer electronics makers and cable operators have been eyeing the rise of Wi-Fi as well with plans emerging for Wi-Fi enabled televisions, monitors and game consoles as well as handheld devices that could all be connected with a single high-speed Internet connection. Analysts at Allied Business Intelligence expect that by the end of 2008 there will be over 80 million wireless enabled video and host devices.

Wi-Fi has appeared in three major markets: residential, enterprise and public "hot-spot" networks that are owned and operated by third parties. Lumera says that smart antennae are likely to be increasingly important in all three of these segments, because they can potentially increase network reliability -- critical for high-bandwidth audio and video content -- and because they can allow for either automated or remotely-controlled optimization of network performance. Such characteristics are key to making sure that networks are user-friendly and to controlling the cost of operating and maintaining such networks.

In February of this year Lumera first demonstrated an RF phase shifter based on its proprietary electro-optic polymer technology. This device allows the RF beam of an antenna to be steered and/or shaped in order to more precisely aim it. The low voltage required to drive Lumera`s proprietary polymer components enables the design of phase shifters that feature fully integrated electronics and allow for the elimination of expensive and bulky power supplies.

The company says that its phase shifters have consistently demonstrated very high quality beam steering with extremely linear response. However, the company`s latest designs exhibit dramatic improvement in angle, shifting through as much as 120 degrees -- as compared to the 45 degrees previously attained -- using only 20 volts of power.

The newest Lumera designs also make innovative use of readily available printed circuit board technology, enabling the antenna to be produced at a dramatically reduced cost. As a consequence the company says that it can now focus on more cost sensitive high volume markets that are experiencing impressive growth.

"This is a very promising product direction for Lumera," said Mino. "With our most recent development, we now believe we have the ability to design and build antenna systems that can deliver high performance beam steering and shaping at costs that can be compelling in virtually every segment of the wireless market. Our particular focus is to enable a level of network functionality previously not affordable for many of the highest growth applications including the most cost-sensitive high volume markets like residential Wi-Fi. We are actively working with prospective customers and partners to fully define our product strategy, and we expect as a next step to demonstrate fully functional smart antennas for one or more of these applications later this year or very early in 2004."

About Lumera www.lumera.com

@schlufti - meiner Meinung nach machst du hier den Fehler, ein "neues" Unternehmen nach den Maßstäben eines "alten" in einem gesättigten Markt agierenden Unternehmens zu beurteilen.

Wenn man z.Bsp. Altria, McDonald´s oder Boeing nach der Devise Jahresumsatz x 2 = faire Marktkapitalisierung bewertet, mag das ja hinkommen.
Aber bei einem Unternehmen, das gerade dabei ist, seine Märkte zu erschließen, haut das nicht hin.

Sobald sich eines der Produkte von MVIS etabliert, schnellt der Umsatz in neue Dimenssionen, und dann sind 120 Mio. vielleicht Peanuts (nach dem heutigen Kurs stehen wir mittlerweile bei knapp 140 Mio.).

Schau´ dir doch mal ein paar andere Unternehmen an, die ähnlich wie MVIS am Anfang der Entwicklung stehen, egal ob das je etwas wird (Ballard Power, Nanophase oder der komplette Biotech-Bereich) - dann wirst du feststellen, daß die ähnlich, zum Teil noch einiges höher bewertet sind.

Also jeder wie er will, aber ich denke mit deiner Methode wirst du nur sehr schwer mal einen zukünftigen Big-Player ganz unten erwischen.

We`ll see!

Gruß,
Kowloon

@gabi, euer Mut ist fast bewundernswert.

Ich kenne fast keine Fälle, in denen solche Shortstände nicht berechtigt gewesen wären. Faktisch bleibt es einfach so, dass MVIS mit einer MK von über 120 Mio. USD und einem Umsatz der knapp über den Verlusten liegt (8 Mio Umsatz zu 6,7 Mio Verlust für 1. HJ) aber sowas von überbewertet ist.

Und ich bleibe dabei, dass noch überhaupt nicht abzuschätzen ist, ob wirklich irgend wann mal auch nur ein Cent Gewinn erwirtschaftet wird. Hoffendlich steckt ihr da nicht zu dicke drin. Tut euch selber einen Gefallen und vertickt eure Shares solange es noch halbwegs gut aussieht.

schlufti, ob die verwässerung stark oder dünn sein wird, hängt natürlich vom pegelstand des aktienpreises ab.
ne verdünnung um 2 mill.aktien bei 10$ fände ich persönlich ok. den markt scheint die kommende dilution auch nicht zu schrecken. trotz starker short verkäufe steigt mvis. was sagt uns das???

markus, wirklich interessant die brille von eyetop mit dem kopin display. die auflösung ist aber doch recht schlapp. aber immerhin gibts so was schon mal zu kaufen.

die NASA will auch NOMAD gen.2 haben

http://www.fbodaily.com/archive/2003/06-June/01-Jun-2003/FBO…

Microvision invested $867,550 in the financing and maintains its majority ownership in Lumera.

Und das heisst dann wohl, das MVIS stark verwässert und die Kröten dann weiterschiebt.

Auch mal ganz interessant!


( BW)(MA-KOPIN)(KOPN) Kopin Supplies Color Microdisplays ForHigh-Fashion Multimedia Consumer Eyewear

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

TAUNTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 27, 2003--

Futuristic Eyetop sunglasses include quarter-inch KopinCyberDisplay(TM) for private digital video viewing on the go

Kopin Corp. (Nasdaq: KOPN) is accelerating the arrival of themobile age by providing microdisplays for Eyetop(TM), trend-settingconsumer eyewear that displays multimedia images.
Eyetop, manufactured and distributed by Ingineo SAS, arehigh-fashion sunglasses integrating Kopin´s 320C (0.24-inch diagonal)color CyberDisplay in one of the sidepieces, enabling the wearer toprivately view digital video while continuing to view the surroundingenvironment in style. Eyetop debuted in March at the CeBIT Europetechnology trade show in Hannover, Germany.
Eyetop wearers can view the CyberDisplay screen with one eye whileeffortlessly maintaining visual contact with the world around them.CyberDisplay displays the same vivid color and unsurpassed imagequality of a full-sized PC monitor - whether at night or in brightsunlight.
Eyetop plugs and plays with any device that has a video output,such as a portable video player, digital camera, digital camcorder,portable TV, laptop, desktop or PDA. Eyetop wearers, for example, canwork on confidential documents in public places by darkening theirlaptop screens and turning on their Eyetop. They can shoot digitalphotographs without obstructing their view with the camera body. Orthey can watch DVDs on the go with unprecedented image quality. Eyetopalso extends battery life by letting users turn off the large monitoron their laptop or other source device. Eyetop supports both U.S. andEuropean video standards (NTSC and PAL).
"Eyetop is fun, but it isn´t a toy; it´s wearable information andportable entertainment," said Atika El sayed, general manager ofIngineo. "It´s a state-of-the-art multimedia experience fashioned withthe highest quality materials and haute couture style. As such, itdemands the smallest, lightest, most power-efficient, sharpest anddensest active matrix liquid crystal display available. Only onemicrodisplay even comes close to meeting those requirements: the KopinCyberDisplay."
Kopin´s CyberDisplay is the world´s smallest, highest-resolutionactive matrix liquid crystal microdisplay. It also is the onlytransmissive microdisplay manufactured from the same high-qualitysilicon used to produce integrated circuits. The Kopin CyberDisplay isused as the viewfinder in 30 percent of the world´s camcorders. Itstransparence enables greater miniaturization, reduced cost, higherpixel density, full color capability, and lower power consumption thanother products.
"Eyetop is fashionable, fun and useful - three key elements of theemerging mobile age, which we are passionate about advancing," saidDr. Boryeu Tsaur, Kopin´s executive vice president of displayoperations. "CyberDisplay´s compact size is critical to theconvenience and comfort of Eyetop and so many other portablecommunications devices. Eyetop joins a growing list ofCyberDisplay-equipped consumer, military and industrial devices. Withour wide range of new CyberDisplay products, Kopin will continue topenetrate other emerging microdisplay markets, including digital stillcameras, virtual reality gaming/simulation/medical headgear, thermalimaging, global positioning systems (GPS), and advanced wirelessphones."
Eyetop is available now at www.eyetop.net for $449.

About Ingineo

Eyetop(TM) is one of Ingineo´s brand names. Ingineo is amanufacturer designing and marketing built-in screens. Eyetoprevolutionizes visual support in all industrial and personal mobileapplications while being comfortable, safe and usable in totalprivacy. Ingineo is a pioneer and a major manufacturer in this sector.Ingineo´s main objective is to take advantage of any innovation whichmay benefit its customers. In addition to these products designed bothfor manufacturers and the public at large, Ingineo supplies a range ofready-to-use customizable solutions, as well as OEM products. Thecompany´s experience in this industrial sector (manufacturing,delivering and services) as well as the company´s values - quality andinnovation - ensure customers´ total satisfaction. For moreinformation, visit www.ingineo.net.

About Kopin

Founded in 1984, Kopin is pioneering the use of nanotechnology tomanufacture nanosemiconductor products that make mobile electronicdevices small, fast, bright, lightweight and power efficient. With anintellectual property portfolio of more than 200 issued and pendingpatents, Kopin supplies the world´s largest electronics manufacturersand government agencies with breakthrough semiconductor products. Thecompany´s liquid-crystal microdisplays, ultra-efficient transistorsand high-brightness GaN LEDs enhance the delivery and presentation ofvoice, video and data. Kopin technology is currently used in nearlyone-third of the world´s cell phones and camcorders and is themicrodisplay standard for the U.S. military. For more information,please visit Kopin´s Web site at www.kopin.com.

CyberDisplay is a trademark of Kopin Corporation.

Eyetop is a trademark of Ingineo.

Safe Harbor Statement

Statements in this news release about Kopin´s relationship withIngineo SAS are made under "safe harbor" provisions of the PrivateSecurities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements include,but are not limited to Kopin´s plan to penetrate other emergingmicrodisplay markets, including digital still cameras, virtual realitygaming/simulation/medical headgear, thermal imaging, globalpositioning systems (GPS), and advanced wireless phones. Thesestatements involve a number of risks and uncertainties that couldmaterially affect future results. Among these risk factors are generaleconomic and business conditions, growth in the consumer marketrequiring microdisplays, the impact of competitive products andpricing, availability of integrated circuit fabrication facilities,the Company´s ability to successfully expand its productionfacilities, loss of significant customers, acceptance of the Company´sproducts, continuation of strategic relationships, and other riskfactors and cautionary statements listed from time to time in theCompany´s periodic reports and registration statements filed with theSecurities and Exchange Commission including, but not limited to, theCompany´s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,2002 and quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended June28, 2003.

--30--KC/bo* CONTACT: Beaupre & Co. Public Relations Jeff Aubin, VP, 603/559-5838 jaubin@beaupre.com or Kopin Corporation Richard Sneider, CFO, 508/824-6696 rsneider@kopin.com KEYWORD: MASSACHUSETTS INDUSTRY KEYWORD: HARDWARE COMPUTERS/ELECTRONICSCONSUMER/HOUSEHOLD SOURCE: Kopin Corp.

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