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InSeT Systems creates device for mine disaster
By Paula Schleis
Beacon Journal business writer
Published on Friday, May 16, 2008
An Akron company's system for finding trapped coal miners has won one of 10 ''2008 Invention Awards'' by Popular Science magazine.
InSeT Systems hopes to have its inertial navigation system, which can track the movement of underground miners and equipment, ready for market by the end of the year.
Inventor Russell Breeding, from Virginia, and his cousin Jay Breeding, the company's chief operating officer, moved their company into the Akron Global Business Accelerator last month.
''As we understand it, there were some 2,000 devices and inventions nominated, and to be selected as one of the 10 winners is pretty high praise,'' Jay Breeding said.
He also hopes the national recognition will help them find investors to finish the software phase of the system.
The magazine article onInSeT quotes Jim Ponceroff, who led a rescue team to search for 13 trapped miners in the 2006 explosion at West Virginia's Sago coal mine. The search took 41 hours and found only one survivor.
''This is going to be the best thing we've had ever, as far as I'm concerned. I hope he makes a billion dollars,'' he said of Russell Breeding.
To see the magazine article, visit http://www.popsci.com/ invention. To see a recent Beacon Journal profile of InSeT, visit http://www.ohio.com and search for ''inset systems.''
Paula Schleis can be reached at 330-996-3741 or pschleis@thebeaconjournal.com.
An Akron company's system for finding trapped coal miners has won one of 10 ''2008 Invention Awards'' by Popular Science magazine.
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