FROM THE OFFICE OF REPRESENTATIVE LOUISE M. SLAUGHTER

Rochester, NY – June 13, 2005 – At a press conference this morning at The Rochester Airport, Representative Louise M. Slaughter (D-Fairport) announced that she has secured $12.5 million in funds for local projects in the House Department of Defense appropriations bill.

“I’m pleased that this money will be going to so many deserving companies right here in our own backyard,” said Rep. Slaughter.  “This is a testament to the fine work they are doing not just in making our country more secure but also seeing to it that our troops have the tools they need to be better prepared and protected,” continued Slaughter.

On hand at the press conference were several members of the local community whose companies will directly benefit from the funds including Arnie Lagergren, CEO of Dimension Technologies Inc. which will receive $3 million to fund their Ultra HD Projection Display Project.

“I think Congresswoman Slaughter has her eye on the ball matching the Federal Governments needs with Rochester based innovative technology.  The funding that she and her able staff have appropriated for Rochester provides the vital missing link to creating new valuable local jobs,” said Lagergren. “With this funding, Dimension Technologies Inc. will commercialize its new large screen Ultra High Definition displays which will be sold worldwide to anyone seeking up to wall size clear video displays… like the Department of Defense and Homeland Security who need the technology for vital location surveillance and satellite image comparisons.”

BACKGROUND

$3 Million for Dimension Technologies’ Ultra HD Projection Display Project:

Dimension Technologies (DTI) is requesting funds to develop an ultra high-resolution display technology that leapfrogs any existing or emerging display technologies in terms of resolution and data interpretation.  The company has attracted multi-agency interest. Representatives of US Department of Defense, Ft. Meade, National GeoSpatial Intelligence Agency (NGA) visited DTI again; both representatives reiterated their interest in the development of DTI's Ultra High Definition (UHD) technology.  Their primary interest lies in the ability of the technology to provide image analysts with high-resolution images within context.  Today, trade-offs are made between viewing a high-resolution segment of a larger image or seeing the whole image at lower resolution.

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