During the last 30 years, Mr. Bryan has built up and sold several high-tech companies in the fields of telecommunications networking, military computer systems and commercial equipment for network access. As CEO, one of his companies achieved the Inc. 500 List of Fastest Growing Companies.
He was the founder of Advanced Computer Communications (ACC), which helped design and implement the first packet switch network for a U.S. Government agency (NSA & DCA). ACC engineers also participated in the early development of communication protocols like NCP, TCP/IP, X.25, and alternative versions for military use. For this and earlier work in computer internetworking, Mr. Bryan was recognized in September of 1994 as one of the founders of the Internet. ACC was purchased by Ericsson in 1998.
Gerry Nadler
Principal Scientist
As Principal Scientist for the Company, Mr. Nadler is responsible for selecting the Sensors and Radios for attachment to the MachineTalkers® and the relative fit to each application. Mr. Nadler is a contributor to IEEE Standards Committees for the Company and most recently an active member of ISA100, a group determining the standards for wireless process control. Prior to joining the Company, he spent many years consulting on designs of networking products. His customers included: Cratos Networks, Nortel/Aptis, Lucent/Ascend, Openroute, Shiva, and Data General. He designed the spread spectrum wireless meter-reading system for Metricom and was a computer architect at Wang Laboratories. During his career, Mr. Nadler founded several corporations: Elettra Systems, Token Automation, and Distributed Computer Systems.
Christopher S. Outwater
Director New Business Development
Mr. Outwater represents the Company in addressing several business venues. He is the holder of patents covering new means for security and identification of objects and cargo, from which he has developed commercial products that will fit into MachineTalker's wireless security networks. Outwater was the VP of Technology for DNA Technologies and his techniques have been used to protect hundreds of millions of labels for high end clothing manufacturers. A graduate of the University of California at San Diego, Mr. Outwater has served in senior management positions in several developing and established companies. He has given seminars at optical security and anti-counterfeiting conferences in Tokyo, Beijing and in Europe, and has consulted to Ford Motor Company, GM, Disney Corporation, McDonald’s and Microsoft.
MachineTalker is Committed to Providing a Smarter and More Effective RFID
§REAL TIME MONITOR FOR SECURITY OF CARGO IN TRANSIT OR STORAGE
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§CARRIES FREIGHT MANIFEST
About MachineTalker, Inc.
MachineTalker, Inc. has developed a breakthrough networking platform that will enable new applications and improve upon those that already exist.
Traditional networking of machines and sensors, as done by others, performs well for simple data gathering tasks and by staying within the limits of a specific industry and function; or such networking can provide reliable movement of information from one intelligent device to another. In sharp contrast, the MachineTalker® solution can be employed to service or represent any type of machine, entity or sensor in a uniform and collective manner independent of application or industry.
A MachineTalker® platform provides the efficiency of distributed intelligence because each unit automatically seeks to join its peers in the formation of a wireless networking community, where each node can contribute information and where collective decisions can be made in real-time. Further, once the presence of an individual MachineTalker® has been noted by other community members its absence will be noted as well; as will any report of a problem.
MachineTalkers® approach to remote process control is to retain the processing of information and the servicing of sensors at the site where the data is first gathered so that decisions can be made at the source and in real-time. The efficiency of this scheme comes in the form of less network data traffic and less reliance on far-away data processing centers with the increased lag-time they introduce.
In this way inexpensive MachineTalkers® can serve as intelligent proxies for machines or inert entities; or sensors and detectors; and represent them in a local wireless "community" where information and processing can be shared among the nodes. Each MachineTalker® can be set up to perform diagnostics and to transmit status reports about itself and about the other members of its community.
Like the Internet revolution, the MachineTalker® revolution is driven by a change in networking technology. MachineTalkers® are managed by the Simple Machine Management Protocol® (SMMP®) a software operating system that facilitates the ad hoc wireless network and the peer-to-peer relationships with other units.
Different versions are being developed that range from a simple ID-Type unit, the "TagTalker™"; to a MiniTalker® and iRFID that will service sensors; to a full MachineTalker® that will handle complex data processing tasks on site. Each variation can accommodate different applications where they might have different power sources and be packaged according to field installation needs. Each unit runs the SMMP® software operating system to control its relationship with its peers in the community, as well as, customized "Applications Programs" as dictated by the application.
MachineTalkers may be thought of as purpose-specific peripheral controllers that automatically become part of a wireless mesh network. They can be made to service all types of sensors and detectors and to carry out processes in real time. They can be made to report events of interest or maintain a history of such events for later review.
The essential difference between these Talkers® and other control systems is the added layer of intelligence that the MachineTalker network contributes and the ease of using these programmed devices to simplify configuration, modification and operation of a particular coordinated process.
MachineTalkers create a self-coordinated network among peers that come into proximity with each other via a wireless mesh network infrastructure and are configured to share information related to common applications. Any Talkers that pass near the network infrastructure are configured to join in. A Talker that "disappears" or powers down or otherwise leaves the group is checked off the list that is maintained by each member of the "Community" and the time of this event is recorded.
Adapting MachineTalker devices to processes of interest dramatically increases the amount of information available at the remote site or as transmitted to some central facility; both actions will make operations more efficient. Although, for differing applications the hardware and software design remains unchanged, the physical package can be configured for the chosen task.
Security of Shipping Containers
The commercial MachineTalker product is a battery-powered microcomputer with radio, useful for mounting within a shipping container. Its purpose in this application is to maintain and communicate the identity of the shipping container, detect events that impinge upon security, communicate with adjacent shipping containers to facilitate redundancy, and to report its location when asked or upon transition. Some relevant features are listed below.
1. Freight Manifest -An on-board Talker® can contain and report on the entire shipping manifest including: Source, Destination, Content, Ownership, Special Handling Procedures, Routing (if known), Time Loaded, Time Sealed, and any other downloaded information.
2. Event Detection, Qualification and Reporting - Talkers can monitor detectors and sensors for intrusion, biohazard, temperature, humidity, atmosphere, gases, and the like. They can be instructed to measure parameters for comparison to a norm and to report or raise the alarm, through its radio, if there is any event or change.
3. External Network Connection - Through its radio it coordinates its presence with nearby Talkers in other shipping containers. Together, a number of Talkers inside containers automatically interact to form a "community" to maintain awareness among themselves of all changes or events that may take place in any one of them.
4. Reporting By Radio - The on-board Talker maintains a record of all events experienced by its own container with time of occurrence and relative importance. It can be interrogated through its radio by an authorized person or controlling computer service.
