presentations to a panel of judges, drawn from San Diego business, civic, and academic leaders, which voted by secret ballot to determine the winner in each category.
The winners are:
—Aerospace and Security Technologies: Cubic Defense Applications for “One Shot,” technology developed for snipers to enhance their long-range targeting accuracy. One Shot automatically measures and corrects for crosswind speed, direction, and other aiming errors.
—Communications and IT category: iboss Network Security for the iboss Cloud Web Security with Device Management, which enables corporations to provide Web-based security and management for mobile device users over their existing networks. The technology helps IT administrators secure company data, protect against Web threats, and ensure compliance with regulatory protocols.
—Hardware and General Technology: Nextivity, for Cel-Fi Smart Signal Booster, which uses a “smart” signal processor and other technologies to boost indoor wireless connectivity and eliminate dead zones. CEO Werner Sievers said more than 70 percent of all cellular connections or calls are made or terminated indoors.
—Life Sciences–Diagnostics and Research Tools: Life Technologies, for the Ion AmpliSeq Exome, which isolates key regions of the genome more quickly and easily, accelerating routine PCR technology to hours instead of days and providing scientists with faster exome sequencing capabilities.
—Life Sciences–Medical Products: Isis Pharmaceuticals, for Kynamro, the first FDA-approved and systemically delivered antisense drug. Kynamro inhibits the formation of LDL-cholesterol, and is marketed to treat patients with a genetic disease characterized by severely high LDL-cholesterol.
—Mobile Apps: OneHealth Solutions, for OneHealth, which combines social networking technology, game theory, and clinical principles to provide immediate peer support for users with eating disorders, anxiety, depression, and other behavioral health issues. The mobile app also meets federal requirements for healthcare privacy and confidentiality.
—Software: Emotient for Facet, technology that translates facial expressions into actionable information, enabling companies to develop emotion-aware technologies and create new levels of customer engagement.
—Sport & Active Lifestyle Technologies: Hookit for the Hookit Athlete Index, technology that enables marketers and companies that specialize in sports and active lifestyles to monitor and quantify how much exposure and promotional attention athletes get in social media. CEO Scott Tilton said marketers invest $12 billion in athlete endorsements every year, and Hookit’s technology enables them to assess athletes’ real-time influence in today’s complex world of digital media.
—Sustainability: Achates Power, for Achates’ opposed-piston, two-stroke internal combustion engine. Achates’ design increases fuel efficiency and reduces greenhouse gas emissions. CEO David Johnson said the engines meet U.S. military requirements for power density, fuel efficiency, heat rejection, and multi-fuel capabilities.
Connect also gave its William W. Otterson Award to Life Technologies (NASDAQ: [[ticker:LIFE]]). The award, named for Connect’s founding director, goes to local technologies or products that have demonstrated a significant positive impact on society and quality of life.
