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U.S. Rep. Joseph Morelle, left, visited RIT’s Venture Creations business technology incubator Feb. 1 to learn more about BlackBox Biometrics and The Blast Gauge ® System that was developed in the lab of RIT’s Bausch and Lomb Professor of Microsystems Engineering David Borkholder in 2011. BlackBox Biometrics commercializes sensor technologies that capture, measure and analyze data from individuals’ exposure to blast events. The Department of Defense has purchased The Blast Gauge ® System to provide data from blast events during military training exercises or in combat, and the company has also sold their product to law enforcement agencies and numerous international militaries. Through their work, Borkholder and his team, including systems engineer Stephen Cool, pictured here demonstrating the sensors for Rep. Morelle, hope to reduce blast exposures and eventually help play a role in preventing neurodegenerative diseases, perpetual concussion symptoms and post-traumatic stress disorder. BlackBox Biometrics graduated from RIT’s business incubator in 2014.
