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The following is a 3M Corporation press release from 2006 regarding their support of our telemedicine tsunami relief efforts in India. We post it here just to provide a bit of background on our efforts in disasters as well as our ability and willingness to partner with major corporate sponsors in our humanitarian and disaster relief efforts. The technology and our deployment systems have grown significantly since this first testing of telemedicine in the mobile disaster medical clinics we have been deploying for 12 years. I will be posting up more info on current efforts and collaboration opportunities very soon.

Randy Roberson
(928) 595-1127

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Contact: Stephanie Sanderson
3M
(651) 733-8588
sjsanderson @ mmm.com

Monmouth University has been funded by the federal government to design a first response truck for data sharing in domestic disaster situations.  It was designed to facilitate coordination and communication between civilian first responders and the military.  It has capabilities for real-time data download, drawing, editing, and upload, and strategically transmits data to minimize bandwidth use.  This truck and the technological capabilities within it are working to provide the technology useful for disaster response while integrating it with civilian responders who may not be familiar with it and more likely use paper maps.  Inside, there are also stations for responders from different organizations to connect to the internet and link to their own networks.