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In a joint venture with IPTE,
JAFA Technologies is the exclusive distributor of the Wildlife Crossing
Guard in North America. This innovative new device is designed to reduce,
with the ultimate goal of eliminating, deer-vehicle collisions as a result
of night-time road crossings. Installed at intervals of 50 to 100 yards,
activation occurs when headlights approach the unit during the time period
from dusk to dawn when the vast majority of animal-vehicle collisions
occur. When activated, the unit emits a sound that is meant to simulate
that of a predator or a cry of fear. The sound is supplemented by a small
strobe type light that is meant to represent reflection of movement from the
predator’s eyes.
Activated only at night when
headlights are present, this device allows animals to cross roadways at
times when they do not present a danger; thereby, permitting access to
preferred feeding and bedding areas along traditional migration routes.
The unit is incased in a
weather resistant Plexiglas enclosure that can be powered by solar cells,
batteries, or a combination of both. The final production configuration
weighs less than a pound and can be mounted on trees or small poles. The
unit is mounted such that the sound and strobe emitter face the direction
from which the animal will approach.
The ultimate goal of the
Wildlife Crossing Guard is to reduce the estimated 150 lost lives, untold
injuries, and $1.1B per year in vehicle damages in the United States. The
units deployed in Europe indicate that collisions have been reduced by as
much as 90%, and a U.S. test site is now underway to corroborate that
success rate.
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In the News
Courier Post article, 8/12/2007:
Device sounds alarm to keep deer off roads
USA
Today article, 8/13/2007: Device
to deter deer tested
FOX 29
News article, 8/24/2007:
Device to Deter Deer Tested
Burlington County Times article,
10/15/2007: Device keeps
deer off roadways
Atlantic City Press article,
10/25/2007: Town Deals with
deer - by yelling at them
Toll
Road News article, 12/11/2007:
E470 to try new deer deterrent
system to reduce animal collisions
CBS News Video - Top Stories and Video News Clips at CBSNews.com
cbs3.com - Video Library
Contact:
For more information,
contact:
Ed Mulka, Project
Manager,
emulka@jafatech.com
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JAFA’s
inventory real-time reporting and point-of-sale retail sales reporting
includes a process patent pending for RFID tagging of CD sales and movie
attendance. JAFA Technologies takes advantage of the similarities in data
collection and transaction processing to provide this technology to retail
sales by uniquely codes products during packaging with an RFID tag that is
read and processed at the point of sale. The tag is recorded at the time of
sale such that it cannot be entered multiple times into the database,
thereby lessening the chance for inaccurate reporting. The data is then
transferred in near real time via the Internet to a central location for
processing and posting to a web site. Authorized account holders access the
processed data via the Internet to determine product sales performance,
including but not limited to total sales and other demographic information
(date and time of sale, location, retailer, etc.).
This near real-time
processed data provides decision makers with pertinent information from
which to make business decisions pertaining to manufacture, inventory
storage, distribution, replenishment, artist bookings, etc. The JAFA team
designs a cost-effective, data collection, processing, and reporting system
that is accurate and reliable.
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In
addition to providing 24/7 lane level toll collection software maintenance
services, JAFA has also performed as a integrator incorporating new
peripheral hardware and upgrades into exiting applications allowing clients
to increase system efficiency without the cost of total system replacement.
We have also worked in the role of subcontractor in a “work for hire” role
providing software applications for delivery by a prime contractor. This
subcontractor work includes software support for traffic management
functions such as travel time.
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Technical consulting services
consist of marketing, team building, computer systems design, project
management, estimating, technical documentation, proposal development,
proposal writing, project delivery and support, operations, training, and
testing.
The
JAFA team members have extensive experience in the Electronic Toll Collection
(ETC) and Electronic Toll and Traffic Management (ETTM) transportation
industries in the United States, Canada, Latin America, and South America
with applications for Orlando Orange County Expressway Authority (OOCEA) in
Florida; New Jersey E-ZPass; California SR-91; Richmond Metropolitan
Authority, Virginia; St. John’s Bridge, Halifax; and Highway 104, Canada.
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In a joint venture with EFKON
AG, JAFA Technologies performed the toll collection systems integration,
project management, and installation in a federally funded pilot program in
Florida on behalf of EFKON, an Austrian-based Toll Collection Systems and
InfraRed technology provider. The program evaluated Smart Card use in intermodal applications including parking, toll collection, and mass
transit. The ETC segment included eight electronic toll lanes using
infrared transponders, receivers, and Smart Cards.
EFKON’s Free Flow Infrared
On-Board-Unit and Transceiver and Touch & Go offered two alternative payment
methods for toll collection. Four 'E-PASS ONLY' express lanes were fitted
with the transceiver alongside the toll agencies’ traditional RFID
electronic tolling system. Four automatic coin machine lanes were fitted
with the Touch & Go for toll payment and replenishment
using an e-purse Smart Card
at a card reader.
Contact: Carol Bozarth,
Project Manager,
cbozarth@jafatech.com
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