Clear® Sets Rules for $500,000 Innovation Prize for Technology to Speed Throughput at Airport Security; Clear CTO: "Proposals Begin to Pour In From Around the World"

SAN FRANCISCO, CA, FEBRUARY 13, 2008 – Clear®, the fast pass for airport security, today hosted an event at San Francisco International Airport to announce the rules for the $500,000 “Clear Prize” to provide faster security lane technology and to answer questions from participating innovators. Clear will purchase the winning team’s technology in bulk, once approved for use by the Transportation Security Administration at three airports where Clear operates fast pass lanes. The detailed set of rules and standards for applying for the Clear Prize is now available at flyclear.com/innovation.

More than 100 innovators from 70 companies – ranging from ambitious start-ups and new entrants to the field, such as EMIT Technologies (a company headquartered in Seattle with research facilities in Clarkston, WA, that has developed a proprietary microwave technology platform), to Trex Enterprises, a large defense contractor – responded to the initial invitation to apply for the $500,000 award. Nearly half gathered today at the Louis A. Turpen Aviation Museum at the San Francisco International Airport to hear the criteria for entry announced by Clear chief technology officer, Jason Slibeck, and to ask questions of the Clear team.
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