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FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December
17, 2003
New
Millennium Media International announces that it has officially
filed its patents---with over 50 claims---protecting its revolutionary
technology, a breakthrough in (LED) architecture..
BREAKING
NEWS in technology - New Millennium Media International (OTCBB:
NMMG) announces that it has officially filed its patents---with
over 50 claims---protecting its revolutionary technology, a breakthrough
in (LED) architecture. The OnScreen™ LED Display Architecture is
a radical new type of Bright LED video display architecture that
is expected to revolutionize the 1.5 billion dollar LED display
market. This breakthrough technology will give NMMG great potential
to capture significant market share in the the 19 billion dollar
outdoor advertising market.
With
all the new initiatives in Homeland Security and the Amber Alert,
Intelligent Message Signs (IMS) are the future, and with the recent
signing of new laws and federally mandated funds in the billions
of dollars, NMMG and its patent-pending OnScreen technology is poised
to lead the way. NMMG currently has the only technology that allows
it to build onto exisiting infrastructure, i.e. road signs, billboards,
etc. Imagine one day you are driving home on the freeway past a
road sign you have seen a thousand times before--but this time you
notice something different. This time you see a WARNING lit up--truck
overturned 1 mile ahead--hazardous chemicals spilled. The sign advises
you to exit immediately and to safety. Such a warning was broadcast
instantly and using NMMG's OnScreen technology. You never noticed,
as you drove by the roadside every day, that OnScreen was draped
over the sign all this time. Now it has sprung into action by the
punch of a button on a PC from a central station--instantly and
just in the nick of time. You have just experienced OnScreen technology.
And that is just one example. The possibilities are limitless. And
because OnScreen can be applied to existing structures like road
signs or billboards, its cost-effectiveness makes it far and away
the technology choice.
NMMG
will unveil its breakthrough technology at the STRATEGIES IN LIGHT
conference on February 2-4, 2004 at the San Mateo Marriott Hotel
in San Mateo, California. This unique event is considered to be
the premier annual forum for addressing commercial developments
in high-brightness LEDs, as well as an unparalleled networking opportunity
for suppliers and users of these devices. The growing interest in,
and expanding attendance at, this event, reflects the excitement
associated with a market that has grown by 50% since 2000, while
other semiconductor and optical component industries have stagnated
or experienced large declines.
ON-SCREEN™
TECHNOLOGY
OnScreen™
is expected to create a broad-range of products with much better
resolution and brighter pictures than the current generation of
displays. OnScreen™ will be visible in direct sunlight yet avoid
many of the issues associated with current displays including sun-loading,
wind-loading and excessive weight. In addition, the new LED architecture
produces an advantage that is not available in today's marketplace:
a more lightweight, pliable display that can fit any application.
These are important advantages as the High Brightness LED market
is expected to grow from 1.2 billion dollars in 2000 to 4 billion
in 2006. In addition, according to Stanford Resources, the LED sign
market value alone is expected to exceed 1 billion by 2006. These
projections are made based on existing technology and do not take
into account emerging technologies, such as OnScreen™, that can
rapidly alter the size and shape of this market.
COMMERCIAL
MARKET & STRATEGY
NMMG's
initial marketing strategy revolves around licensing intellectual
property (IP) to worldwide manufacturers of LED display products
and components. The LED sign market is projected to reach over 1
billion dollars by 2006. Lumiled's projects that high brightness
LED's, used in LED signs alone, will exceed 1.2 billion by 2007.
If these projections hold, the fully manufactured signs would represent
a $5 billion market. Whichever number is accurate, they both point
towards a robust market for these new LED displays. Many projections
don't take into account emerging high growth applications such as
the Amber Alert project, Homeland Security and roadway “intelligent
message transfer”.
THE
MARKET
An
article in Media Post's Media Daily News in March of 2003 noted
that the outdoor industry has successfully weathered the recession
and that “our large members say they're having a great first quarter”
in 2003. They go on to note that technology is expected to transform
both the display and measurement of outdoor advertising. According
to Media Daily the most exciting news is coming on the display side,
where “Lamar Advertising is converting their key boards to LED units
whose messages can be changed at will and sold in day-parts by the
hour or even the minute.” They added that “Clear Channel's backlit
subway panels in stairwells are being converted to LED as well”.
Together these companies represent two of the three largest outdoor
US advertisers.
Recent
Federal Government legislation has also placed a spotlight on expanding
the “Amber Alert” network nationwide. The highly publicized success
in locating a number of kidnapped children shortly after their abduction
in California has now triggered federal funding for U.S.-wide expansion
of these variable-message signs. Homeland Security issues have also
increased the number of early warning signs being planned and funded
as part of an overall information sharing network. Traffic safety
is also becoming a much higher priority in the U.S.. It is estimated
that just over 60,000 roadway dynamic message signs are in operation
in the United States. In Japan alone there are over 1.5 million
of these signs. The United States represents a huge growth market
for LED displays.
GROWTH
OPPORTUNITES
In
addition to the outdoor television market, another interesting and
exciting application for OnScreen™ arrays is artistic lighting in
dramatic curved and shaped displays in places like Las Vegas, New
York City or really virtually any venue. The tensile, flexible structure
of OnScreen™ provides unlimited opportunity for creativity.
The
anticipated cost reductions of OnScreen™ will also provide ample
opportunity for growth of the large-scale LED display market itself.
OnScreen™'s unique architecture opens the door for new applications
such as curved implementations, billboards on the sides of buildings
where tenants can still see out, and lower cost mobile applications
on the sides of existing vehicles.
Homeland
Security, Amber Alert variable message signage and instant message
transfer applications can also benefit significantly from the advantages
of OnScreen™. Reduced wind-loading and weight can significantly
lower the cost of the superstructures required to support these
signs and also reduce the cost to install and maintain them.
JUST LOOK WHO IS ALREADY ON BOARD
New
Millennium has established a Technology Breakthroughsentific Advisory
Board comprised of leading experts in key categories in the research
and marketing of LED technology.
David
Pelka, Ph.D.- Chairman – Well known expert in physics, founded TIR
Technologies Inc. to pursue patents for his LED lighting systems
and LCD backlits. Dr. Pelka secured more than $2 million in venture
capital and licensing for TIR before it was acquired by Teledyne
Electronic Technologies (NYSE:TDY). Since the buyout, Dr. Pelka
has served as Director of Product Development for Teledyne Lighting
and Display Products. Dr. Pelka's accolades include fellowships
and awards from the Smithsonian, National Defense, Northrop University
and Ebell Fellowship, as well as countless articles published in
both classified (the U.S. Air Force and Army) publications and various
non-classified publications. He has founded several technology companies,
which he successfully expanded by building strong revenue streams
and securing venture capital investments and government contracts.
Robert V. Steele, Ph.D. – Director of Optoelectronics Programs and
Chairman of the annual conference “Strategies in Light” for Strategies
Unlimited. Steele is responsible for all of Strategies Unlimited's
activities in the area of optoelectronic components, for which the
23-year-old market research firm has specialized in providing market
research reports and consulting services. Co-author of “Solid-State
Lighting: New Growth Opportunities for High-Brightness LED's”, Dr.
Steele writes regularly for industry publications on high-brightness
LED markets and applications such as Forbes, The Wall Street Journal,
The Economist and more.
John Biondo – Owner and President of Silicon Robotics Corporation,
which provides various product development services including electronic
and electromechanical design, software development, optics, and
project management. Biondo also has extensive patent-process experience.
In 1980, Biondo launched Electric Filmworks, which produced computer-generated
visual effects for the television and motion picture industry. He
also designed an apparatus using newly available and inexpensive
microcomputers, which allowed the company to compete successful
against older, more established firms. To transfer from the service-sector
into manufacturing, Biondo sold Electric Filmworks in 1989 and co-founded
Amazing Photos. Amazing Photos designed, manufactured and sold a
variety of innovative coin-operated photo booths. Polaroid Corporation
licensed and marketed the two most popular and cost effective booths
under their own name.
Richard Reis, Ph.D. – Executive Director of the Alliance for Innovative
Manufacturing at Stanford and Director for Academic Partnerships
in the Stanford Learning Laboratory. Dr. Reis' impressive career
includes serving as; the Executive director of the Stanford Center
for integrated Systems, a major research partnership between Stanford
and 15 industrial companies; a Consulting Professor in both the
Stanford University Electrical and Mechanical Engineering departments;
professor of a year-round seminar that is part of the Stanford University
Future Professors of Manufacturing program; a professor of astronomy
at the College of San Mateo, Calif.; and a curriculum consultant
at Menlo College, Calif.
Ben Jacobson, Ph.D. – Dr. Jacobson has worked on numerous impressive
LED projects that have exponentially increased beam density and
brightness and reduced system costs. Additionally, these projects
have improved power requirements, heat load and LED count, while
improving compactness, efficiency and performance over competitors'
products. Dr. Jacobson was instrumental in positioning Illumitech
as a new company developing high-performance LED lighting systems
with thermal packaging. Dr. Jacobson has over a decade of experience
developing and marketing new technology for the display industry,
both in his previous positions and currently at Illumitech. Prior
to Illumitech, Dr. Jacobson held various executive and research
directorial positions at EG Controls Inc., ARCH Venture Partners,
NiOptics Corporation and the University of Chicago. He has seven
U.S. patents, and has published 13 research articles and seven conference
presentations.
Joseph D. Tajnai, Ph.D. – Dr. Tajnai is a consultant in Optical
Radiation Safety, LED's & Applications and Optics & Optical
Measurement Training. He was an engineer, Technology Breakthroughsentist
and technical manager for 23 years at Hewlett-Packard and Agilent
Technologies. He has focused on fiber optic development, LED development
and measurements, new product processes, mathematical modeling and
international and US standards and regulations. He also worked with
GE Sylvania for nine years and contributed heavily to their YAG
laser development. Dr. Tajnai received his BS, MS and Ph.D. from
California Institute of Technology in Electrical Engineering and
Applied Physics.
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