Intelligent Automation, Inc.15400 Calhoun Drive, Suite 400Rockville, MD 20855www.i-a-i.com

Dr. Jacqueline Haynes: jhaynes@i-a-i.com / 301 294 5260

Shannon Beltz Mayhew: smayhew@i-a-i.com / 301 294 5230

David Mayhew: dmayhew@i-a-i.com / 301 294 5264

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Intelligent Automation, Inc. Woman-owned small businessFounded in 1987Located in Rockville, Maryland92 professional staff; Approx $18M revenue estimated for 2006Specialize in R&D; advanced artificial intelligence applicationsHighly 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 TechnologyCore expertise in Reading and Cognition, Adaptive Technologies, Multimedia Architecture, Artificial Intelligence, Electronic Learning DevicesApplications across diverse domains

Distributed Intelligent Systems and RoboticsSignal ProcessingSensorsCommunicationsForensic 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 technologyIdea 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 artifact—e.g. a robot, story, or popsicle stick house—which 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 research5th 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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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 cradlePreprogrammed manipulatives

When manipulative or button is pressed, cradle will speak the word that corresponds to the manipulative

Programmable manipulativesChild can record her own label or story to correspond with the manipulative

StoryTiles™

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Pressing green “story button” causes cradle to tell the story the child has constructedCradle can be plugged into computer to augment play possibilities with software

Animation of child’s storyStorybook that can be printed

StoryTiles™

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Productizing StoryTilesVersions

StoryTiles Basic: as a standalone toy that comes with a cradle and basic set of manipulativesStoryTiles Deluxe: with animation and storybook software Animation software sold separatelyStorybook software sold separatelyOther software can be created (interactive games between device and computer)Could provide outlet / sales enhancer for licensed properties/charactersExpansion sets of manipulatives or manipulatives plus specific softwarePackage with book and specialized figurines

Trademark registration is in processPatent process underway

Disclosure filed with USPTO