Members of the Golden-i team with NYIT faculty (from left): Hu Xiaoqi; Hua Yumin; Hossein Kashani, Ph.D., associate professor of telecommunications and electrical engineering technology; Zhuang Wenjie; team leader Robert Pinkerton; Nicole Tricoukes, senior maverick at Motorola Solutions; Ziqian Dong, Ph.D., assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering; Sandra Kopecky (B.S. ’88); and Nada Anid, Ph.D., dean of the School of Engineering and Computing Sciences.

Never ones to pass up a challenge, a multidisciplinary team of NYIT students in New York teamed up with peers at NYIT-Nanjing to enter a competition to develop applications for Golden-i, the world’s first hands-free, wireless headset computer.

The project, “a sci-fi dream come true,” according to electrical and computer engineering student Robert Pinkerton (B.S. ’11), is part of a technology partnership between NYIT and Motorola Solutions. Developed by Motorola and Kopin Corporation, the Golden-i device gives users the ability to multitask, communicate, and access data in the field with full voice, audio, and PC networking capabilities.

The students worked with professors in the School of Engineering and Computing Sciences to develop apps for the headset and presented their ideas at Motorola’s Golden-idea Competition and Partner Conference at NYIT-Old Westbury on Nov. 16-17.

The NYIT team won third place in the competition for its project, Third Eye, which connects Golden-i to a drone to perform reconnaissance work in sensitive areas, such as helping police offi cers and other security personnel assess safety risks in dangerous neighborhoods.

Sandra Kopecky (B.S. ’88), a graduate student pursuing a degree in computer science, came up with her own idea of a two-dimensional bar code scanner fitted into Golden-i to help workers navigate warehouses or allow police offi cers to scan driver’s licenses.

“Working with Golden-i has shown me that I have the ability, skills, and confidence for work outside of the classroom,” says Kopecky.

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