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August 17th, 2007 Missouri Ruralist 'Remote Control Research'

Reid Smeda watches weeds grow as part of his research. Now, thanks to a remote camera, the agronomist can sit in his air-conditioned office in Waters Hall at the University of Missouri and check his plots 10 miles away at an Agricultural Experiment Station. In the future, he may monitor several farms at once.
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February 14th, 2007 News 10 NBC Rochester 'New technology from RIT is bringing more jobs to the area '

A new breakthrough product developed in Rochester is about to begin mass production in the Flower City. It's also bringing new jobs to Rochester and state of the art technology to the world. News 10NBC takes a closer look at DigitalXtractions, and it's SCIRC t1.

December 26th, 2006 Democrat and Chronicle 'Firm has eye on market'

Marc Blumenfeld thought he was just being friendly when he offered to wire up a webcam to help a neighbor keep tabs on the total renovations of his house. The next thing you know, it changed his life. Blumenfeld's innocent little favor put him on the path to found DigitalXtractions, a Rochester-based startup company that will soon begin full production on a state-of-the-art Internet camera.
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December 17th, 2006 Time Warner's RNews 'SCIRC Video Transmits Real Time'

Is it Big Brother, or is it just protecting your assets? Whatever you want to call it, the growing desire to keep a real time watch on your property is helping a local entrepreneur build a high tech business. It may also add more than 100 jobs by the end of 2007.
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December 6th, 2006 WHAM 1180 Radio Business report


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March 17, 2006 DigitalXtractions Inc. and RIT form sponsored research partnership.

DigitalXtractions Inc. announced today the formation of a new partnership with the Rochester Institute of Technology to develop advanced versions of their Self Contained Internet Remote camera systems known as "The i". DigitalXtractions will take up residence at the RIT High Tech Incubator known as Venture Creations. Venture Creations creates an environment for RIT students, faculty, staff and alumni to enable them to develop solutions to problems of economic and commercial importance. Venture Creations assists with the growth and success of their new enterprises to create value for stakeholders. Venture Creations fosters an entrepreneurial spirit within RIT providing services and programs that support and contribute to the vision to be a "Category of One University".