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Armorway Applies Game Theory To Real Life

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Los Angeles-based Armorway , a tartup that uses "game theory" and big data information to plan out security scheduling, says its software is being used by the Federal Air Marshal Service and U.S. Armorway is led by Zare Baghdasarian, and says it comes out of USC itself, built on research funded by the Department of Homeland Security.

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Alelo Gets DoD Contract For Language Training Via iPod

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Los Angeles-based Alelo , which develops computer software that uses video games to teach language and culture training for Iraqi and other languages, reported late Friday that it has received a contract from the U.S. Department of Defense for a handheld training system.

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Interview with Lior Elazary, Invia Robotics

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Lior Elazary: We started at USC, working on various robotics related products. After USC, I wanted to do a startup robotics company, and looked at various parts of the market to figure out which are right for a robotics solution. Where did the technology come from? Lior Elazary: The biggest challenge is cost effectiveness.

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Interview with Scot Richardson, Laughstub

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For this morning's interview, we spoke with Scot Richardson , CEO of Los Angeles-based LaughStub (www.laughstub.com), which develops software which helps comedy clubs and others manage ticket sales, online marketing, and customer relationship management. For anyone that small, Ticketmaster doesn't make sense.

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Makers Making The Sci-Fi Tricorder A Reality With VOXearch

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We thought we could deliver that 3D image as a software-as-a-service. After two years, Alfred Mann decided to give money to USC for the effort instead. Coming up May 15th is the submission deadline for the report of what we''re going to do. As software interface guys we think that''s our lead. We expect to win.

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Language Weaver's Mark Tapling On Growth, Exits

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It's been awhile since we last caught up with Los Angeles-based Language Weaver (www.languageweaver.com), a venture-backed firm which develops language translation software, so we sat down the other day with Mark Tapling , the President and CEO of the firm, to hear more about where the company is nowadays--plus its strategy for growth and an exit.

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New Leader at Intel Capital Adjusts Strategy as Global Summit Opens

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—Embodied, based in Pasadena, CA, and founded by USC computer science professors Paolo Pirjanian (the former iRobot CTO) and Maja Matarić, are developing robots to care for people. We need to be on a path-finding mission to find tangential investments,” he told reporters.

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