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Dayton to Foster New RFID Solutions
Sethi has been studying what WSU calls Data Intensive Supply Chains (DISC), which are supply chains that are strongly supported by information technology and data, including RFID. He and WSU will provide the incubator with the results from that research. What's more, Sethi adds, the school will offer guidance regarding ways to provide for the needs of Wright Patterson Air Force Base. Such guidance will be based on his work at IDSE, where he studied how RFID technology can benefit the military supply chain. Thirdly, the school will assist the incubator in tying together technology providers and users, he says, noting, "We hope this incubator will become the core of the RFID movement."
Dayton, once an automobile manufacturing hub, is trying to re-invent itself as a place for technology research. As part of that effort, the Dayton City Commission has promised to provide $1.4 million toward the DRCC. The incubator will open in July 2009 in Dayton Tech Town's Creative Technology Accelerator Building. Tech Town is a 30-acre technology-focused business park, currently under development in downtown Dayton.
For approximately the past five years, Proctor says, EPC Technology had been considering the creation of an incubator specific to RFID technologies. "We merged [a previous] concept of having an incubator for emerging technologies with the idea of having a single-sector, RFID-focused incubator," says Matt Kussman, the DRCC's director.
Companies that utilize the center will be charged a flat monthly fee for both space and the programs and services offered by the incubator. The group is now seeking start-up businesses that have a credible business and technology team with an idea that seeks to address a significant market need. The candidates must have compelling technology and IP assets already pending or secured, and be able to demonstrate financial solvency. According to Proctor, the group is organizing a board of advisors to begin the process of determining which candidates fit the incubator's selection criteria.
If accepted, the companies will receive guidance from Proctor and Kussman, as well as from members of what Kussman says will be a growing network of area services providers. These will include accountants, attorneys, bankers, business consultants and university researchers.
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Dayton, once an automobile manufacturing hub, is trying to re-invent itself as a place for technology research. As part of that effort, the Dayton City Commission has promised to provide $1.4 million toward the DRCC. The incubator will open in July 2009 in Dayton Tech Town's Creative Technology Accelerator Building. Tech Town is a 30-acre technology-focused business park, currently under development in downtown Dayton.
For approximately the past five years, Proctor says, EPC Technology had been considering the creation of an incubator specific to RFID technologies. "We merged [a previous] concept of having an incubator for emerging technologies with the idea of having a single-sector, RFID-focused incubator," says Matt Kussman, the DRCC's director.
Companies that utilize the center will be charged a flat monthly fee for both space and the programs and services offered by the incubator. The group is now seeking start-up businesses that have a credible business and technology team with an idea that seeks to address a significant market need. The candidates must have compelling technology and IP assets already pending or secured, and be able to demonstrate financial solvency. According to Proctor, the group is organizing a board of advisors to begin the process of determining which candidates fit the incubator's selection criteria.
If accepted, the companies will receive guidance from Proctor and Kussman, as well as from members of what Kussman says will be a growing network of area services providers. These will include accountants, attorneys, bankers, business consultants and university researchers.
