Chaos at 35,000 feet

Author

Ditto, William L.

Author_Institution

Georgia Inst. of Technol., Atlanta, GA, USA

Volume

3

Issue

2

fYear

2000

fDate

6/1/2000 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

18

Lastpage

21

Abstract

The author discusses his experience in gaining investment and starting up a company to develop an improved defibrillation technique. He outlines his frustrations and daily hassles, and tells how an incident of airline passenger cardiac failure strengthened his resolve to continue. The company set up, Control Dynamics, although small, is functional. Over the last several years, many contracts have been won to develop chaos-control technology. Patent applications for chaos-based devices have been successful, and now we are intensely working toward practical applications of our research

Keywords

chaos; defibrillators; investment; patents; technology transfer; airline passenger cardiac failure; budgeting; cardiac arrhythmia control; chaos-based devices; chaos-control technology; company start up; improved defibrillation technique; investment; low energy; negotiations; patenting; technology transfer; venture capital; Biomedical measurements; Chaos; Contracts; Educational institutions; Instruments; Large Hadron Collider; Physics; Resumes; Water; Wounds;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Instrumentation & Measurement Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1094-6969

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/5289.846257

Filename

846257