Also signed off on were three bond resolutions one for a document management
software system that will modernize government and save taxpayer dollars ($ 2 million); one for a playground for court - ordered visitation at the Pomona complex in service to child and parent visitation requirements ($ 375,000); and one for the continued repurposing of the Pomona complex with an
eye on ensuring a complete one stop shopping hub for
health and human services here in Rockland ($ 300,000).
Saatchi, which is owned by France's Publicis Groupe, SA, chose LifeStraw over a field of competitors that included a reusable controller to improve the distribution of IV fluids, a collapsible wheel that can be folded down for easier storage when not in use on bicycles or wheelchairs, an energy - efficient laptop designed for children in developing countries, a 3 - D display that uses special optics and
software to project a hologramlike image of patient anatomy for cancer treatment, an inkjet printing system for fabricating tissue scaffolds on which cells can be grown, a visual prosthesis for bypassing a diseased or damaged
eye and sending signals directly to the brain, books with embedded sound tracks to help educate illiterate adults on
health issues, a phone that provides telecommunications coverage to poor rural populations in developing countries, and a brain - computer interface designed to help paralyzed people communicate via neural signals.