From: sunilg@access1.digex.net (Sunil Gupta)
Subject: ANNOUNCE: AquaThought Foundation Incorporated Into New Dolphin Center
Date: 31 Jan 1996 15:19:21 GMT
Message-ID: <4eo19p$5qa@news4.digex.net>
Organization: AquaThought Foundation


From: sunilg@access1.digex.net (Sunil Gupta)

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 26, 1996

AquaThought Foundation Incorporated Into New Dolphin Center and
Neurotechnology Company

(Ft. Myers, Florida) The AquaThought Foundation, a private research
organization which studies the neurological impact of dolphin
interaction, has become part of a new alliance which has dedicated
itself to the exploration of dolphin assisted therapy and the
application of resultant neurotechnology. Spearheaded by Jim Jacoby,
of Jacoby Development, Inc. in Atlanta, Georgia, this effort in
forward thinking, ecologically conscious development will yield
Sanibel Dolphin Center, the first dolphin interaction center in the
world to focus exclusively on dolphin-human interaction. In
conjunction with InnerSense, a leading manufacturer of neurotechnology
products, and the AquaThought Foundation, Jacoby Development has
created the MindSet Corporation. MindSet will assimilate the products
and technologies of InnerSense and AquaThought -- and will
commercialize the neurotechnological developments of the dolphin
interaction center.

The Sanibel Dolphin Center, to be located in Ft. Myers, Florida, will
facilitate dolphin assisted therapy programs, dolphin interaction
research, adjunct therapeutic modalities, and research and development
in related neurotechnology and virtual reality enterprises. The
preeminent doctor in the field of dolphin assisted therapy, Dr. Dave
Nathanson, will relocate his highly successful Dolphin Human Therapy
organization to the center.  Dr. Hillburn Hillestad, who has recently
joined Jacoby Development, has brought his expertise in environmental
preservation to the project, providing for a development which is a
benefit to the humans who will visit the center, the dolphins and
other marine mammals which will be cared for there, and the
environment surrounding the center. AquaThought's chairman, David
Cole, will chair the Dolphin Center's research committee. A
high-bandwidth Internet connection and a variety of tele-presence
imaging and acoustic transduction devices will tie the Center to
academic organizations, other dolphin therapy and research programs,
and location-based- entertainment facilities (MindWave locations).

MindSet Corporation will integrate InnerSense's VibraSound and other
neurotechnology products, InnerSpace - InnerSense's location-based-
entertainment venue which applies neurotechnology to the emerging
industry of virtual reality entertainment, and the AquaThought
Foundation's commercial projects- MindSet, a low-cost neuromapping EEG
system , and CyberFin, an immersive dolphin encounter simulator. Don
Estes, former president of InnerSense and renowned neurotechnology
developer, is president of MindSet Corporation. MindSet will act as
the research and development arm of the Sanibel Dolphin Center and
will resale any resultant products, as well as all above mentioned
products, under the MindSet brand.

MindWave location-based-entertainment centers, wholly owned
subsidiaries of MindSet, will provide public access to the
technologies and research of MindSet. Visitors to a MindWave center
will experience state-of-the- art "ride-style" entertainment which is
the result of 100 man-years of research in neurotechnology,
vibrational therapy, dolphin interaction, and virtual reality. The
first MindWave location will open in Atlanta's Buckhead area, in
February.

Together, the Sanibel Dolphin Center, MindSet, and MindWave encompass
every facet of AquaThought's research and development efforts. Sanibel
Dolphin Center provides AquaThought with a permanent location in which
to conduct research, which will greatly enhance the research
process. By channeling our efforts into this new synergistic
structure, AquaThought has taken a major step in achieving its mission
of understanding human- dolphin interaction and developing resultant
technology for the benefit of human-kind.

Contact AquaThought at:
Aqua@netcom.com  - or - 1-800-DR-DOLPH


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