Innovation, Ingenuity Could Lead to New Technologies

Robert Whitkop, chapter president, opened the November meeting by announcing the November Outstanding Industry Professional of the Month in Information Technology, Petty Officer Alicia N. Davis, USN, Naval Communication Station. Frank Fenno, director of sales and marketing for ViaGlobal Group and the meeting's guest speaker, discussed how developing technologies could lead to the creation of a tricorder. Fenno explained that although tricorders have not been invented, he believes technology combined with ingenuity could lead to the first tricorder prototype. Fenno noted that tricorders could enable snipers to see as far away as nine kilometers or could detect vibrations through seismic sensors. Fenno concluded his remarks by saying, "These tools...are not out of the realm of possibility. Bringing these innovations together will only require three words, 'Make it so.'"