Chaos at 35,000 feet

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