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ZMicro will be the exclusive supplier of Brelyon's Ultra RealityTM technology in rugged markets

SAN MATEO, Calif. and SAN DIEGO, Oct. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --Brelyon, the MIT spin-off pioneering a new category of ultra-immersive display technology, and ZMicrotoday announced a strategic partnership under which the companies will jointly develop Brelyon's Ultra RealityTM rugged displays for deployed military markets. ZMicro will be the exclusive supplier of Brelyon's technology in rugged markets.

"Brelyon's Ultra RealityTMtechnology is unlike anything we've seen," said Jason Wade, President of ZMicro. "It has the potential to enable an entirely new way of computing and human-computer interface. By bringing depth and panorama to conventional displays, Brelyon is able to provide large-format and immersive visualization solutions in a small form factor. This is something that can bring huge benefits to military end-users."

Through this strategic partnership, ZMicro will license Brelyon's Ultra RealityTMtechnology to create one or more rugged, large-format display products for defense applications, including indirect vision, training, simulation, teleoperations, command and control, and intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR).

Built upon revolutionary work from the MIT Media Lab, Brelyon's Ultra RealityTMuses computational wavefront engineering to create a massive field of view with true optical depth, generating an immersive panoramic virtual screen that engulfs the viewer without the need for a headset. Launched at CESin January, Brelyon's Ultra RealityTMcombines the latest technical advances in novel physics and computational optics with the company's patented superconic light-field expansion technologies. Unlike conventional stereoscopic displays, Brelyon uses its monocular depth modulation capabilities to provide a visual experience that alleviates eye fatigue and image artifacts for the user.

"Today's monitors can take up a lot of space and are not immersive," said Alok Mehta, COO of Brelyon. "Technologies like VR and AR headsets aren't user-friendly and have poor image quality. We're reimagining displays to take the computer display experience into the virtual world without headsets. Through our partnership with ZMicro, we will be able to bring a much richer and more productive viewer experience to end-users of deployed military applications."

Brelyon's patented Ultra RealityTMtechnology renders a massive virtual screen in a compact form factor, making it an ideal solution for space-constrained applications, including inside next-generation ground combat vehicles and remote or distributed node command and control centers.

"In ZMicro, we've found an exceptional partner with the expertise and resources to meet the defense industry's MIL-SPEC ruggedization standards and bring our products to market," added Mehta. "With Ultra RealityTM, Brelyon has been able to break several performance records on conventional parameters for peak brightness, resolution, eye comfort, image size and more. As the defense industry's need for high-performance displays continues to grow, we believe Brelyon's large-format display solution is well-positioned to dominate the market."

About BrelyonBrelyon is a developer of displays designed to replace traditional monitors and virtual reality headgear. The company's displays include proprietary depth modulation and light-field expansion technologies that work together to create a massive field of view and provide true optical depth, enabling viewers to get access to an immersive panoramic virtual screen that engulfs them. Brelyon calls this the Ultra RealityTM(UR) experience. Brelyon is a deep-tech, venture-backed Silicon Valley-based startup with headquarters in San Mateo, California. Visit brelyon.com

About ZMicroZMicro provides rugged computing solutions for military and aerospace applications. The company provides off-the-shelf, customizable and built-to-spec military-grade computers, displays, storage and video enhancements systems. All ZMicro products are manufactured on site at its headquarters in San Diego, California. The company's mature production and quality processes enable it to rapidly configure manufacturing lines for new and custom products. In business since 1986, ZMicro's rugged computing products are deployed and integrated into military, industrial and medical platforms across the world. For more information, visit http://www.zmicro.com.

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HARLINGEN, Texas (AP) Just weeks before Election Day in Texas, once again there is big money, new signs of shifting voters and bold predictions of an upset that will turn heads across the U.S.

But this time, its coming from Republicans.

We are going to turn the Rio Grande Valley red, said Republican Gov. Greg Abbott, kicking off a rally in the Texas border city of Harlingen.

As Democrats embark on another October blitz in pursuit of flipping Americas biggest red state, Republicans are taking a swing of their own: making a play for the mostly Hispanic southern border on Nov. 8 after years of writing off the region that is overwhelmingly controlled by Democrats.

The task like Democrat Beto ORourke s underdog campaign to unseat Abbott is an uphill climb. But it is another way Republicans are putting plenty at stake on the Texas border, given that they are already refocusing the final sprint of the 2022 midterms on portraying the 1,200-mile boundary as rife with escalating danger and disorder as record number of migrants enter from Mexico.

Border Democrats say dramatic moves to bus and fly migrants across the country will backfire with voters, but also acknowledge they can no longer coast into office.

Still, the rare sight of contested races on the Texas border has widened cracks in an important Democratic stronghold two years after former President Donald Trumps significant gains with Hispanic voters during the 2020 election caused both parties to scramble in unexpected ways.

This is the first time weve ever had this many competitive races where the Democrats are like, What are we going to do? said Republican Carlos Cascos, a onetime border Democrat who switched parties and later served as Abbotts first secretary of state.

Hes doesnt see Republicans sweeping races in the Rio Grande Valley, home to roughly 1.5 million people. But, he says, I think this area has been taken for granted a lot. In the Valley, youre born two things: a Catholic and a Democrat. Things are changing.

Democrats still hold advantages in South Texas decades of incumbency, a culture of residents voting Democratic, and more moderate candidates who are less vulnerable to GOP attacks on the left and more critical of President Joe Biden when his approval ratings remain low and inflation is still high.

But Republican Rep. Maya Flores victory in a special election this year, becoming the first Texas Latina in the U.S. House, reflected the shifting ground. Rep. Vicente Gonzalez, a South Texas Democrat, switched districts to more favorable territory and is hoping to unseat her for a full term in November.

Democrats have dismissed dramatic moves by Abbott and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, two potential 2024 presidential contenders, to send migrants to places like Washington, New York and Marthas Vineyard. But Republicans counter that more liberal voters in big cities far from the border are ignoring problems that are hitting largely working-class South Texans.

Running for Texas most competitive House seat, which stretches from east of San Antonio to border communities including McAllen, Republican Monica de la Cruz blamed an elite class that just does not get it because illegal immigration has virtually no impact on their lives.

Wall Street bankers dont have to worry about a poor Central American migrant undercutting their wages, de la Cruz told reporters recently.

Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley is set to campaign with Flores and de la Cruz on the border Monday an unusual display of national GOP political force for South Texas.

Those efforts to control the political narrative coincides with the Republican Party opening 38 minority outreach community centers around the country, including in McAllen and another border city, Laredo, as well as in heavily Hispanic Houston and San Antonio.

Some offer services like tutoring for U.S. citizen classes and tax advice. Theyve also hosted movie nights, pot-luck dinners and business roundtables, as well as courses on topics like crypto currency. Some have been open for more than a year.

The GOP says it has spent millions on Hispanic outreach nationwide, including 30-plus ad buys in Spanish-language media encompassing digital, TV, radio and print. It also has a record 32 Hispanic Republican nominees on House ballots around the country, although many are underdogs.

Democrats, for their part, opened a national field office in McAllen in April and have three staffers working on the areas congressional race, the partys first such investment in recent memory.

Richard Gonzales, Democratic Party chair of Hidalgo County, which includes McAllen, said party officials hold weekly Zoom calls with ORourkes campaign to coordinate efforts that have focused on boosting turnout, especially among non-active voters. He said gains in 2020 by Trump and the Republicans were real but very candidate specific and unlikely to translate to future races.

ORourke, who in the past ran unsuccessfully for Senate and president, also heads a nonprofit called Powered By People. In 2020, he organized phone banking that saw volunteers contact voters in Webb County which includes Laredo, where less than 40% of eligible voters cast ballots in the 2018 Senate race hoping to boost turnout for Biden.

The group registered thousands of Webb County voters, and eventually saw turnout climb to 50% of eligible voters in the 2020 election. But Trump sharply increased his support in Webb County, taking nearly 26,000 votes, about double his 2016 raw vote total and captured about 38% overall support there, compared with about 23% in 2016.

People want to say that the Democrats are done down here, that the Republicans are taking over. That is not true, Gonzales said. What this has done is it has woken up the Democrats down here and made us realize, Hey, we cant take this for granted anymore.

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Weissert reported from Washington.

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A new study from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention shows that more than 2.5 million middle and high schoolers have used an e-cigarette in the past month.

In the study released Thursday, the CDC reports that of the 2.5 million students, nearly half of the students surveyed used e-cigarettes on 20 or more of the past 30 days.

Dr. Pushan Jani, an associate professor at the McGovern Medical School at UTHealth, said hospital admissions in Houston reflect these numbers, and that it is believed 1 in 5 kids in Houston have tried vaping.

"We are taking care of more and more patients with EVALI," Jani said.

EVALI, or E-Cigarette or Vaping use-Associated Lung Injury, is defined by the American Lung Association as a newly named disease after the increase in severe lung illness cases related to e-cigarette and vaping products.

Jani said that over the past few years, many newer e-cigarette brands are cheaper and can be used for longer periods of time.

"They are available online without any legal repercussions from any government agencies," he said. "Even though there are laws in place for in-person sales."

Jani added that many websites that sell e-cigarettes do so without requiring any age documentation. He said parents should talk to their kids to make sure they understand the risks of e-cigarettes.

However, Jani also warned that confrontation may not always be the answer. He said some kids may need therapies to help them quit these products.

"Sometimes they may need Quit Therapies that we use for cigarettes," he said. "Nicotine can be very addictive. Kids can get hooked onto this within 2 or 3 days of using it."

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How did Pat McAfee start the transition from relatively unknown Colts punter to a media mogul who now is part of ESPNs College GameDay crew, hosts a wildly popular show on YouTube and both performed and worked as a commentator for World Wrestling Entertainment?

With a drunken, late-night swim in the not-so-pristine waters of the Broad Ripple Canal in Indianapolis almost exactly 12 years ago.

It had been a really long night in an endless stretch of really long nights for the then-23-year-old. While celebrating life at Old Pros Table, he bought a hundred shots of tequila for the patrons in the bar.

At some point, McAfee thought it would be a tremendous idea to walk outside and jump into the nearby canal. After doing the backstroke, or maybe it was the breaststroke, McAfee emerged. A passing motorist later saw the wet, shirtless McAfee strolling about and called the police.

Soon, his blotchy face and wild hair were splattered all over the TV, both locally and nationally. As mugshots go, it was a classic. But Tim McAfee, Pats father, was not at all amused. When Pat called him from jail, Tim acknowledged he had seen the news and hung up on his son.

Pat was mortified. The Colts, led by general manager Bill Polian, were incensed, and while some of us dismissed it as a silly stunt by a kid whose night spiraled out of control, his reputation took something of a beating in his adopted hometown.

Shortly thereafter, he started getting calls from Bob Kevoian, the now-retired host of the Bob & Tom Show, a fabulously successful national morning radio show that emanated from Indianapolis.

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Police have been hit by a new WhatsApp controversy, with a control room worker accused of sharing a picture from the scene where a teenager died after being struck by a train.

The accused worker was employed by British Transport Police (BTP) at the time.

The photograph was taken by police investigating the death of Lewis Williams, 18, after he was hit by a train in Slough in June 2022. It is claimed it was later shared via social media.

Williams father, Paul, told the Guardian that news of a gruesome picture of his sons death being shared had left him sickened and had exacerbated his grief.

He said his son was smart, had great potential and a really big heart. Williams wanted to be in the Royal Air Force, had previously done a reading before the royal family and was keen on history.

BTP said the image of Williams had been shared from the forces control room.

A former BTP employee, Joshua Tilt, 31, appeared on Friday at Birmingham magistrates court, charged with misconduct in public office.

The court heard he was accused of taking a photo on his personal mobile phone of a deceased member of the public and distributing it to others, between 20 June and 1 July this year.

The district judge David Wain granted Tilt bail until 4 November, when he will appear at Birmingham crown court.Paul Williams told the Guardian his son died under a train in Slough on 21 June.

Days later police came to visit the family: We were as a family trying to come to terms with the death of our son, and initially we had some comfort that he was at peace, but on 2 July all of that changed when the chief superintendent of British Transport Police told us a photo of his dismembered body [was] shared in a WhatsApp chat group.

I immediately felt sick. This was the first time that we were given the horrific detail about the state of Lewiss body. It is incomprehensible to us that someone would share such a picture, or how they were able to. When I think of Lewis now, all I can think of is that gruesome photo that has been shared, and we will have to live with this image for the rest of our lives.

In a statement, BTP, which operates on Britains transport network, said Tilt was charged with misconduct in a public office, following an investigation by BTPs professional standards department. The charges are in connection to an incident involving the sharing of an image from the forces control room. As is routine, the force referred itself to the IOPC [Independent Office for Police Conduct] who deemed the matter suitable for local investigation.

Williams said that in March 2022 his son was diagnosed with an emotionally unstable personality disorder: Lewis was popular, funny and kind. He had a really big heart and would always put other peoples problems ahead of his own. He touched so many peoples lives.

He was also incredibly smart, and his knowledge of history and the world was second to none. His teachers would always say how much potential he had. He would spend hours reading and researching any topic.

He was chosen to do a reading at the RAF 100 at Windsor Cathedral in front of members of the royal family. Lewis had dreams of joining the RAF one day.

Williams said his son had joined the air cadets when he was 12 and had risen to the rank of flight sergeant: He was very empathetic and great at reading other peoples feelings. His school friends, college friends and those from the squadron did tributes for him after his death. At the squadron they have his hoodie with the squadron number and a plaque placed on the wall in his memory.

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