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Utah Company Bolsters Efforts to Help Reduce Automobile Crash Fatalities

27 May 1999

Utah Company Bolsters Efforts to Help Reduce Automobile Crash Fatalities Flexpoint Inc. Urges Drivers to Remember Air Bag Safety

    SALT LAKE CITY, May 26 -- This week automobile drivers across
the country are participating in Operation ABC Mobilization: America Buckles
Up Children -- the largest ever coordinated stepped-up effort on drivers who
don't restrain children with seatbelts.  Flexpoint Inc., an operating
subsidiary of Micropoint (OTC Bulletin Board: MICP) and a sensoring technology
company, would like those same drivers to consider another issue that is just
as important -- air bag safety.
    Automobile accidents are the leading cause of death for persons from six
to 27 years old.  According to the National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration (NHTSA), air bags have saved the lives of 3,444 people --
2,483 of those people were not wearing seat belts.
    "At one time or another we have all forgotten there is an air bag on the
passenger side and placed our children in the front seat instead of the
backseat where it is safer," said Doug Odom, president and chief executive
officer of Flexpoint Inc.  "We created the Bend Sensor(R) Occupant Detection
System to de-activate the air bag by using a system of both weight and
presence sensors.  This system can tell the difference between a safety seat,
a child or an adult.  This level of accuracy allows us to develop smart air
bags that can selectively deploy and help save lives."
    The combination of seat belts and air bags will never prevent all
fatalities; some accidents are just too severe, Odom added.  However, Bend
Sensor technology is designed to eliminate passenger air bag deployment when a
person under the system's specified weight or an inanimate object is present.
    The Bend Sensor Occupant Detection System is the backbone of an
industry-defining smart air bag system that is capable of selectively
deploying passenger-side air bags.  In 1999, Flexpoint signed an agreement
with Delphi Automotive Systems to supply the Bend Sensor Occupant Detection
System to General Motors for incorporation in automobiles beginning in 2000.

    Flexpoint Inc.
    Headquartered in Salt Lake City, Flexpoint Inc. -- an operating subsidiary
of Micropoint (OTC Bulletin Board: MICP), is a sensor technology company that
designs and develops first-of-its-kind flexible hardware and accompanying
software Bend Sensor systems for worldwide use in the automotive, industrial,
medical and consumer-products industries.  For more information about
Flexpoint, call Mark Molzen, Brodeur Porter Novelli public relations, at
801-765-1500 ext. 227.