Press Release 1

LightIO Press Release #1

Feb. 26, 2005

LightIO technology eliminates most major causes of computer related repetative strain injury

MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA, USA - Feb. 26, 2005 - Uniharb Corporation today announced the readiness of its LightIO technology for consumer products. LightIO is an interface technology that enables a computer user to use a handheld light beam, such as that from a laser pointer or a penlight, to operate a computer. The major benefits of this technology are to avoid the pain caused by reactive force on the fingers when pressing the keyboard or clicking the mouse, bending the wrists on the desk, and sitting tight for a long time. Holding a penlight or a laser pointer in the hand and control the keyboard and mouse in a touchless way, almost all the major cuses of computer related Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI) can be avoided. The motivation for developing this revolutionary technology came from the suffering from the pain of RSI, recalled Mr. Yong Yan, inventor of LightIO technology, founder and president of LightIO division. "After 10 years of hard work on computers, I became disabled with many joints swelling and painful from the neck to the fingers," Yan said. "And I searched extensively on the Internet for various ergonomic products and input technologies, but none of them realy solves the problem, needless to say that can be used as a realistic and productively comparable replacement for regular keyboard and mouse." The idea of using a laser pointer style handheld light beam to interact with the surrounding world occured to him during a trip while flying across the Pacific Ocean from China back to the US in 2001. "I thought that's it." recalled Yan. "With this technology, the world is no longer painful, I mean operating computers and other machines with a light beam at a distance." This technology has been actively under development since the beginning of 2002. In 2004, this technology was granted a patent from the U.S. Patent and Trade Mark Office. Now, a successful lab prototype and the design of a first product for the masses have been completed. "We are now ready to go to the manufacturing factories." Said Yan. "I don't know how long it will take to bring a good consumer product to the market, but I'm positive to see the wave of this technology coming and enabling people to say good bye to RSI."

LightIO technology eliminates most major causes of computer related repetative strain injury

MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA, USA - Feb. 26, 2005 - Uniharb Corporation today announced the readiness of its LightIO technology for consumer products. LightIO is an interface technology that enables a computer user to use a handheld light beam, such as that from a laser pointer or a penlight, to operate a computer. The major benefits of this technology are to avoid the pain caused by reactive force on the fingers when pressing the keyboard or clicking the mouse, bending the wrists on the desk, and sitting tight for a long time. Holding a penlight or a laser pointer in the hand and control the keyboard and mouse in a touchless way, almost all the major cuses of computer related Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI) can be avoided.

The motivation for developing this revolutionary technology came from the suffering from the pain of RSI, recalled Mr. Yong Yan, inventor of LightIO technology, founder and president of LightIO division. "After 10 years of hard work on computers, I became disabled with many joints swelling and painful from the neck to the fingers," Yan said. "And I searched extensively on the Internet for various ergonomic products and input technologies, but none of them realy solves the problem, needless to say that can be used as a realistic and productively comparable replacement for regular keyboard and mouse." The idea of using a laser pointer style handheld light beam to interact with the surrounding world occured to him during a trip while flying across the Pacific Ocean from China back to the US in 2001. "I thought that's it." recalled Yan. "With this technology, the world is no longer painful, I mean operating computers and other machines with a light beam at a distance."

This technology has been actively under development since the beginning of 2002. In 2004, this technology was granted a patent from the U.S. Patent and Trade Mark Office. Now, a successful lab prototype and the design of a first product for the masses have been completed. "We are now ready to go to the manufacturing factories." Said Yan. "I don't know how long it will take to bring a good consumer product to the market, but I'm positive to see the wave of this technology coming and enabling people to say good bye to RSI."