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Early Life Ralph Osterhout was born Ralph Shamlian in Seattle, Washington in 1946 and moved to Santa Cruz, California at the age of 1. He attended Soquel High School graduating in 1964 and later went on to San Jose State University graduating in 1969. A pivotal point in Osterhout life was at the 1969 boat show, where he showcased the first of a kind diver propulsion vehicle (DPV) named the MK I. The Navy subsequently purchased the MK II in 1970. With the purchase of the DPV, Osterhout founded the scuba equipment company Farallon Industries and began a career in product development and design. Companies Osterhout Design Group (ODG) High Tech Product Design - CEO/Founder. 1999 to Present. Osterhout Design Group (ODG) is a product development company that incubates new companies by integrating new and emerging technologies in Consumer, Industrial, Defense and Toy markets. Sierra Nevada Corporation Sr. VP - Advanced Technology Group, corporate wide. 2003 to 2008. Sierra Nevada Corporation purchased Inter-4 in 2003. Inter-4 Defense Contractor - CEO/Founder. 2000 to 2003. As a defense contractor, Osterhout designed a wide range of products spanning: military computers, PDAs, electro-optic sensors, robotic vehicles, underwater navigation systems, laser rangefinders, day/night soldier vision systems, unattended ground sensors, broadband wireless networks and mini-UAVs. Products: Simple Key Loader :(SKL or AN/PYQ-10): Hand held encrypted-key loading computer for communications and weapons systems. Tacti-Net: Broadband, wireless mesh network The root of Tacti-Net is based in a mesh network that connects forward troops, reinforcements and central command to a single network that shares essential data on multi-function devices. US Army. Tacti-Sight: Multi-spectral helmet-mounted soldier displays compatible with the Tacti-Net mesh network for live video relays from a war fighter to other war fighters viewed on Tacti-Comp computers well as command positions on T-5 computers. US Army. Tacti-Comp (T1.5): Ruggedized hand held computers with Tacti-Net mesh network radios. Featured GPS with live maps showing others on network, touch screen text messaging, send/receive video and voice capabilities on a 256-bit AES encrypted radio on the mesh network. The Tacti-Comp also had the ability to control unmanned vehicles such as the Tacti-Bot. US Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines. Tacti-Comp 5 (T5): Mobile touchscreen combat computer. Larger and more powerful Tacti-Comp with same mesh communication and GPS location abilities. A "T-5 Bio Accessory" could be snapped into the unit for biometrics data collection, including a fingerprint scanner and camera for mobile facial and iris recognition. US Army. Tacti-Bot: A wireless 6-wheel drive, 4-wheel steering robotic vehicle with a 5-axis arm designed to disarm IED and inspection of threatening devices while being operated remotely for over 5 miles. US Army, Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA). Micro Mesh Router: A miniature wireless mesh transceiver that relays data up to 30 miles which links squads in the field to command centers and gives situational awareness in real-time data transmissions. US Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines. Ballistic Camera/LCD Display Goggles: Special Operations Command. GPS/IMU-guided Underwater Navigation-Board: Special Operations Command. Machina/Team Machina Consumer Electronics - CEO/Founder. 1990 to 1999. Created products under the Machina brand and developed products for other brands under the company Team Machina. Together the companies sold over 500 million in consumer goods.Some of the clients of Team Machina included: Tiger Electronics, Brookstone, Specialized, Sega, Nike, Playmates Toys, Tonka, Yes!, Milton Bradley, Ray-o-Vac, Lockheed Martin, Fisher-Price, Hasbro, Ban Dai and Eddie Bauer. Products: Power Penz: Ball-point pens that fly, shoot, spy, speak and write in invisible ink. Wrist Com: Wrist-worn gaming system with snap in game modules. Talk-Boy pens: A line of pens that have keyboards and voice modulation. Air-Vectors: Cars that transform into aircraft and fly 20 feet (6 m). Pen Pointer 2: Laser pointer/Pen. CARDCORDER 90: Credit card sized voice recorder. Talking Tonka Truck: Currently in the National Toy Hall of Fame. Handheld games: Virtual Cop, Dragon Heart and WARHAWK made for Tiger Electronics. AirPix: RF touchpad and LCD screen and diary. Made for Sega. Yapper: Telephone mounted voice changer. Made for Sega. Yak Bak, Mega Mouth, Radical Air Weapons (RAW): Made for Yes! Knoll Furniture Office and Lighting Designer. 1990 1992. Designed modular office furniture and lighting systems. The designs won an Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA) gold award in 1992. S-Tron Defense Contractor - CEO/Founder.1985 to 1990. Products: PVS-7 Night Vision Goggle: Its revolutionary design used new composite materials developed specifically for this application and weighed less than half as much as the PVS-5A goggles at only 1.5 pounds. It was designed, engineered and tooled in just 3 months and has been used in 3 wars since its inception. US Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines. TD 110 Dual wavelength Laser Aiming System: Allows for successful targeting at 650 meters. US Special Operations Command. Laser Hardened Telescopic Sight: 6 inches long and mounts on an M16 rifle or M4 carbine. Specially coated lenses that protect a soldier eye by turning opaque to the exposure of laser rangefinders within milliseconds on the battlefield. Designed and Fielded in 52 days. US Army. Closed-Circuit Mixed Gas Rebreather: MK-19 was designed to allow a combat swimmer to lock out of a submarine at depths greater than 300 feet and disable mines. It features a non-magnetic, non-acoustic construction that does not emit bubbles, allowing the swimmer to operate in a stealth manner for >8 hours at a time. US Navy. Pilots automatic life-preserver system(LPU-9) is a first of a kind, compact life preserver system that is designed to be worn by Navy pilots and to automatically inflate in the event of a splash down. US Navy. Diver Propulsion Vehicles or DPV: US Navy. Diver Active Thermal Protection System or DATPS: This unit circulates warm water through a closed-circuit, combat diver suit in order to maintain a constant body temperature by burning magnesium at 5,000 degrees, controlled by a micro-controller and thermister array. The unit is used for surveillance, sub and mine counter-measures operations in freezing temperatures. Special Operations Command. Special Operations Modular Assault Vest: Special Operations Command. Diver Transport Vehicles: US Navy. Full Face Mask/Regulator System: US Navy. Integrated Ballistic Helmet: Special Operations Command. Offensive Handgun Systems Laser Sights: Special Operations Command. Tekna Sport Scuba Diving Equipment and Consumer Products - CEO/Founder. 1976 to 1990. Tekna knives and flashlights are valued by outdoor enthusiasts and scuba divers for their innovative designs and ruggedness. In 1990 Ray-o-Vac purchased Tekna and continued to produce these items. Later an ex-Tekna design engineer bought the company and created the Ocean Reef scuba company, re-manufacturing the products with the original quality, while Oceanic Worldwide purchased the Tekna Dive Vehicle. Products: Tekna- Knife: A favorite among divers because of its versatile design and solid, one-piece skeleton construction. Tekna-Lite: The original tactical flashlight and the first light to have a battery indicator. These lights have been dropped from a 7 story building, run over by an 8-ton dump truck and operated from the top of Mt. Everest to 2,000 feet (600 m) below water, whilst surviving the abuse. The flashlight assembly was featured on the TV program How Its Made. Tekna Wilderness Edge Survival Knife: A utility knife that has many components in it, from saw blades to a fishing reel. These are standard issue under the seats of Japanese Defense Forces Planes. Tekna Computek: A first of its kind dive computer that precisely calculates the divers depth, maximum depth, bottom time, surface intervals, tank pressure, remaining air time, and decompression status that are displayed pictographically. Tekna Dive Vehicle: A diver propulsion vehicle that was injection-molded. Tekna Mini-Piloted Scuba Regulator: This ultra miniature diver regulator caused a revolution in regulator design by performing No. 1 in Navy tests. It the only regulator that actually got easier to breathe at increased depth. Farallon Industries Diver Propulsion Vehicles CEO/Founder. 1970 1976. Farallon is a scuba equipment company that developed the first widely used diver propulsion vehicle (DPV). The DPV were originally made for the Navy but has been adapted by commercial and sport divers. Products: MK I, MK II, MK III, MK IV, MK V and MK VI: A first of a kind DPV that used an electric motor in a watertight aluminum case, to propel divers through water. MK Sled Transport: Is a neutrally buoyant platform that harnesses two DPV to transport a diver and a payload. Shark Dart: First designed for the US Navy Seals as a silent/bloodless weapon that premiered in the movie Jaws as the harpoon-like weapon that helped defeat the shark. This product is used by divers, military and researchers. Films and Television Designed and built equipment that appeared in/on: James Bond: The Spy Who Loved Me, propulsion system on submarine car and chase mini-subs. James Bond: Never Say Never Again, underwater vehicles that transported bad guy atomic warheads. Jaws How Its Made: Season 8 Episode 3 - Flashlights Video Clip The Long Kiss Goodnight Law & Order Jurassic Park Jacques Cousteau Series ABC World News Tonight PBS NPR n3TV City TV Lectures TED - Technology, Education & Design Conference D.I.C.E. Summit Video Part 1 Video Part 2 Video Part 3 The Electric Playground Interview Video Entertainment Gathering Conference Conference Video International Design Conference in Aspen National Conference, Industrial Designer Society of America Stanford / MIT Venture Forum Stanford Design Forum By Design Conference MC, World Design Conference Design Innovation Conference - MIT Art Center Forum Innovative Thinking Conference Patents U.S. Utility Patents US Patent No. 4523379 Knife with retractable sheath US Patent No. 5672108 Electronic game with separate emitter US Patent No. 5495357 Apparatus and method for recording, transmitting, receiving and playing sounds US Patent No. 4466283 Divers console with knife and sheath US Patent No. 4876632 Flashlight with battery life indicator module US Patent No. 4738044 Light beam target designator US Patent No. 4753117 Decompression and air consumption computer US Patent No. 5313557 Pen recorder US Patent No. 5019951 Spotlight with adjustable handle US Patent No. 4734832 Spotlight with interchangeable handle US Patent No. 6390640 Lighted mask for underwater divers US Patent No. 4821156 Flashlight with focusing beam assemble US Patent No. 7064498 Light-emitting diode based products US Patent No. 4794803 Decompression and air consumption computer US Patent No. 6055032 Plush toy with selectively populated display US Patent No. 7186003 Light-emitting diode based products US Patent No. 11742697 Wireless Lighting Control Methods and Apparatus US Patent No. 11742697 Methods and apparatus for enhancing inflatable devices US Patent No. 4203150 Rechargeable modular component light with quick-disconnect connection US Patent No. 3828611 Portable underwater indicating instrument for divers US Patent No. 3844281 Customized mouthpiece retainer for an underwater breathing apparatus US Patent No. 3978537 Swim fin including means for maintaining foot and leg in fixed relationship US Patent No. 4017925 Swim fin including means for restricting ankle movement US Patent No. 4136689 Customized mouthpiece retainer for an underwater breathing apparatus US Patent No. 3929548 Method for customizing mouthpiece retainer for an underwater breathing apparatus US Patent No. 4219017 Pilot regulator US Patent No. 4107996 Pressure gauge US Patent No. 3933049 Decompression indicating instrument for divers US Patent No. 4066077 Mouthpiece retainer tabs US Patent No. 3888127 Portable underwater indicating instrument for divers U.S. Design Patents D380501- Hand-held electronic game housing D376822- Hand-held electronic game housing D364648- Hand-held electronic game housing D367890- Hand-held electronic game housing D364641- Pen recorder housing D301752- Spotlight D302046- Spotlight D287105- Combined packaging and display container D300112- Pocket knife with removable cap D288898- Retractable knife D304154- Foldable knife D336688- Flashlight D457974- Accent light D457667- Accent light D458395- Accent light D457669- Novelty light D312168- Fin sock D330265- Adjustable lamp References ^ Berger, Warren. 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