Detectors & Imaging

Luminate finalist Bounce Imaging wins first responder award for throwable 360 camera

March 20, 2018

Bounce Imaging received the top winner award for its 360/VR throwable tactical camera.

Shown is a ‘throwable' spherical-shaped camera that can enter tactical areas to improve the safety of first responders while providing a 360 degree view of its surroundings.

Bounce Imaging (Buffalo, NY), one of Luminate NY's ten inaugural finalist companies, received the top winner award for its 360/VR throwable tactical camera in the Under Fire Response Innovation Showdown--a national competition drawing entries from technology companies with innovative products for first responders.

The award, presented to Bounce Imaging's CEO Francisco Aguilar, recognizes outstanding technologies to provide first responders with a way to complete their tasks more quickly, more efficiently, or more safely. "We were honored to be among the many wonderful companies serving this very important target audience of first responder professionals. Thanks to TEEX (Texas A&M Extension Service) and PDC (Product Development Company) for selecting Bounce Imaging to receive this prestigious award," said Aguilar.

Other recent recognition for Bounce Imaging was provided by Police K9 Magazine who named Bounce as an Editor's Top Pick after the release of their K-9 camera mount at the International Police K9 Conference. The magazine cited "Their unlimited field of view and advanced stabilization" as ideal for use as K9 mounted cameras.

Additionally, a Bounce Imaging camera is featured on Season 9: Episode 16 of NCIS: LA, which will air on March 25, 2018.

Sujatha Ramanujan, managing director of Luminate NY, is very excited about Bounce Imaging receiving the award. “Being acknowledged like this is a tremendous opportunity for both Bounce and Luminate. We are so proud of all ten of our outstanding companies and are pleased to be helping them on their journey to success.”

All of the companies are part of the six month Luminate NY Accelerator Program. Each received an initial $100K investment as well as a chance to compete for $2M more in investments that will be announced at “Light Tomorrow with Today”, the Demo Day taking place on June 28.

SOURCE: Bounce Imaging; http://bounceimaging.com/

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Gail Overton | Senior Editor (2004-2020)

Gail has more than 30 years of engineering, marketing, product management, and editorial experience in the photonics and optical communications industry. Before joining the staff at Laser Focus World in 2004, she held many product management and product marketing roles in the fiber-optics industry, most notably at Hughes (El Segundo, CA), GTE Labs (Waltham, MA), Corning (Corning, NY), Photon Kinetics (Beaverton, OR), and Newport Corporation (Irvine, CA). During her marketing career, Gail published articles in WDM Solutions and Sensors magazine and traveled internationally to conduct product and sales training. Gail received her BS degree in physics, with an emphasis in optics, from San Diego State University in San Diego, CA in May 1986.