Ford Features Xybernaut's Wearable PC for Its 'Live-Bots'
10 January 2000
Ford Features Xybernaut's Wearable PC for Its 'Live-Bots' at International Auto Show FAIRFAX, Va., Jan. 10 -- Xybernaut Corporation
, the leader in wearable computing, today announced that Ford
Motor Company will be featuring Xybernaut(R)'s wearable solution to stream
video to their web site from the floor of the International Auto Show in
Detroit, Michigan (January 14, 2000 to January 22, 2000).
Six models equipped with Xybernaut's Mobile Assistant(R) IV (MA IV(TM))
(Live-Bots) will be roaming Ford's booth and the show floor, capturing the
excitement of the show and streaming it back to Ford's site,
http://www.ford.com. Ford is already promoting this unique concept on their
web site at http://www.ford.com/home.asp. Viewers can go to this site, click
on the "Live-Bot" and see a futuristic derivation of the MA IV and how Ford
will be taking advantage of this wearable solution of Xybernaut's at the show.
About Xybernaut Corporation
Xybernaut Corporation is the leading provider of wearable computing
hardware, software and services. The company's patented wearable computer is
a full-function Pentium PC that runs Microsoft MS-DOS, Windows, and Windows
NT, along with UNIX, Linux and other operating systems that run on the Intel
x86 architecture. The MA IV allows users hands-free access to information in
the computer's internal storage, in local area networks and on the Internet on
an as-needed, where-needed basis. Xybernaut's software is designed to provide
users with the right information when and where it's needed, using consistent
navigation techniques and screen presentations. With the MA IV, customers
realize immediate savings in maintenance and repair, diagnosis, inspection,
inventory control and data collection procedures. Key industries using
Xybernaut's products include manufacturing, distribution, transportation,
government, and utilities. Headquartered in Fairfax, Virginia, Xybernaut has
offices and subsidiaries in Europe (Germany) and Asia (Japan). Visit
Xybernaut's web site at http://www.xybernaut.com.
MS-DOS, Windows and Windows NT are registered trademarks of Microsoft
Corporation.
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning
of The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (the "Act"). In
particular, when used in the preceding discussion, the words "plan,"
"confident that," "believe," "expect," or "intend to," and similar conditional
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Such statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties and actual
results could differ materially from those expressed in any of the forward-
looking statements. Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited
to, market conditions, the availability of components and production of the
Mobile Assistant, general acceptance of the Company's products and
technologies, competitive factors, the ability to successfully complete
additional financings and other risks described in the Company's SEC reports
and filings.
