Wave Issue 9705 3/14/97 Article 6-01

*** Transom Technologies Ships First Product
by John Latta

Transom Technologies released its first product on February 14th,
Transom Jack 1.1, only months after formation of the company in
September 1996. This is based on the Jack human modeling technology
developed by Professor Norm Badler and his laboratory at the University
of Pennsylvania. Jack, as software from the University, had 90
commercial users, and Transom Technologies has already converted
approximately 75 of those to Transom Jack. The price is $19,900 and the
current version runs on SGI workstations. Maintenance, enhancement and
support costs 20% per year. In an interview with the WAVE Report,
Transom President James Price stated that they will establish
commercial software practices for Transom Jack including full support
and regular releases and one major release per year.

Transom Jack has as its focus seven market segments: human-centered
design, design for assemble and maintainability, workplace and task
design, military simulation and training, games and entertainment,
event reconstruction and commercial and industrial training.

www.transom.com