Application Scenarios
Conference Navigator: Shockfish Development has created a wireless communication system for conferences and other events. At events with Spotme every participant uses a purpose built PDA for networking and messaging. Presentation: Creating Spotme Remote Monitoring of Vehicle Equipment: Internet and mobile technologies facilitate maintenance management through the ubiquitous access to vehicle status and diagnosis data. Remote Electrocardiographic [ECG] Monitoring of Patients: Continuous ECG monitoring (also called Holter monitoring) is a current practice for detecting heart abnormalities. Mobile technologies enable the online access to ECG information saving time and accelerating the diagnosis of cardiovascular diseases.

Service Range
General Contractor: Shockfish is the ideal partner to take the lead for the organization and the management of all the involved parties of a product innovation project and completely lead 'the discussion' between the partners thanks to an end-to-end technology and product creation know-how. Analysis: Real-life experience, technology know-how and a user-centric approach put at your service for a neutral consultancy. Prototyping: You need to prove a concept fast? Shockfish has the structures and the innovative climate to quickly demonstrate your ideas with working prototypes. Implementation: Shockfish team members have extensive experience in software & hardware development as well as a proven expertise in the development of end-to-end solutions. The unique combination of software and hardware development proposed by Shockfish increases your chances of success.

Competencies
Embedded systems group: Software for memory & processing power constrained devices, embedded & wireless hardware design, embedded databases & customized user interfaces for size-limited screens. Expertise: embedded Linux, Linux, microcontrollers, radio, C++ Communication group: Wireless communication protocols, heterogenous communication, data exchange interfaces. Expertise: wireless protocols (P2P, discovery & broadcast), SOAP, XML, IrDA Applications & servers group: End-to-end conception & realization of server-side software, data management & interfaces, internet-based, mobile and desktop client applications. Expertise: Java (J2EE, J2SE), RDBMS, UML Imaging group: Image acquisition & processing, pattern recognition, motion tracking

Methods
For the Shockfish team, implementation counts. Our customers are in direct contact with implementing people, the same from the beginning until the end. A good start is decisive. We use rapid prototyping to quickly demonstrate a concept and test an idea. Fast and communicative iterations ensure quality and continuous innovation.

Team
A multidisciplinary team of flexible & talented EPF engineers (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne) and PhD in IT, Communication Systems and Microengineering. Our team has a cumulated experience of 35 man years in software and hardware engineering. We are organized in specialized mini teams used to collaborate for complex system integration.

Principles
Customer and end-user satisfaction are achieved through: - Technology-neutral advisory and solutions' evaluation - Maximum value for the user - Cost efficiency - Quality of implementation

Contacts
How to reach us? The PSE (Parc Scientifique Ecublens) is located on the site of EPFL, near Lausanne, Switzerland. It is roughly 45 minutes away from Geneva airport, 1 hour from Bern and 2 hours from Zürich. From the highway, follow the 'Lausanne-Sud' direction and take the 'EPFL-UNIL' exit. Follow the "Route du Lac" direction Geneva (west). Turn right at the SECOND traffic lights into 'Avenu du Tir Fédéral'. Take next right and just a third time right. You will be standing in front of the PSE buildings. Our office is in building C (direction towards lake), 1st floor.

Company
Bendicht Ledin and Rémy Blank founded Shockfish in late 1998. They have since then been joined by top-notch EPF engineers. The company secured a substantial round of investment from a group of Swiss angel investors in the year 2000. Its position near by the EPFL is strategic to attract wild brains and to keep its technological lead. The first activity of Shockfish was the development and the marketing of the Spotme conference navigator, a networking tool for conferences, mobile & wireless. Taking advantage of the resources, competences and experience it has acquired developing the Spotme system, Shockfish SA is providing development services to third parties since the beginning of 2002. CTI labeled startup Wireless headset