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Through the generosity of a variety of companies and individuals, TDI is equipped with state-of-the-art personal computers and related technology. These contributions have made an enormous impact on our ability to perform research, research analysis, data collection and storage, administration, demonstrations, lectures, and other activities. Please visit our sponsors.

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Through the prestigious Apple Masters Program, Apple Computer has developed a long-term relationship with The Dolphin Institute. They organized the development and hosting of our original website, and have over the years donated literally dozens of Apple Macintosh OS computers, from the days of 5300s, through G3s, iBooks, iMacs, and now G4s. These donations include state of the art peripherals, such as cinema flatscreen Apple Studio displays, laser printers, and networking: hardwire installation in our facility as well as Airport 802.11 wireless networking. Apple has also helped us establish relationships with a great many other technology companies. We utilize the computing technology for the myriad of tasks which confront researchers. These range from data collection, data processing, video and sound editing, technical acoustic analysis, and management of our humpback whale program during the winter whale season on Maui. The computers are invaluable for internal office demands such as databases, internal & external correspondence, and of course our use of the Internet. It is no exaggeration to say it is difficult to imagine how drastically different TDI would be without Apple Computer. Thank you.

Along with its partner ISP Pixinet, PDC Hawaii has long provided us with unlimited bandwidth internet connectivity service. Initially Pixinet provided us with unlimited ISP dial-in connections from our multiple locations of Oahu and Maui, along with a mailserver account for our web correspondence. Currently PDC Hawaii and Pixinet provide us with a high speed ADSL connection to the Internet. Such a fast connection is invaluable for our connectivity needs, for example for contact with fellow researchers, for updating our web and FTP sites, and providing a way to perform real-time educational outreach from the dolphins here at KBMML to children in classrooms far away. They have also hosted our website from the beginning, initially on a dedicated server, and currently on a state-of-the-art CobaltRaq system. PDC Hawaii's long-term relationship with TDI has also been an extremely valuable one, which we cannot imagine doing without.

Adobe also has maintained a long-term relationship with The Dolphin Institute, donating to our laboratory multiple licenses of their key software products: Photoshop, ImageReady, Illustrator, InDesign, GoLive, AfterEffects, LiveMotion, Pagemaker, and Premiere, through every version update. These software packages represent the core of our computing tasks at TDI. Such an enormous contribution has made an equally enormous impact on our creativity and productivity.

Open Door Communications has been instrumental in "opening doors" for TDI to many technology sponsors, including Apple Computer, Palm Inc., PDC Hawaii, and Filemaker. Their efforts on our behalf, over many years, have been essential to the development and growth of our technological capabilities in research. We greatly appreciate our long-term relationship with Open Door Communications.

Filemaker has long provided us with multiple licenses of their powerful Filemaker database products, which have proven essential in tracking our data collected for dolphin research, whale research, dolphin husbandry, and to keep track of our thousands of visitors to our laboratory. Just as importantly, Filemaker has provided us with unlimited on-call technical support, as well as providing hands-on individualized probem-solving resources for our key databases.

Palm Computing has provided us with 50 Palm OS-powered and wireless-enabled Palm Vii personal digital assistants. These allow the staff to track their contacts in all of our departments: research, internship, education, husbandry, and maintenance. They prove valuable at scientific conferences and meetings, and allow us to wirelessly send emails wherever we may be. We can even check the weather, but as you know, it is always sunny here in Hawaii. Palm has provides to us a long-term program of accessories donations, which includes cradles, USB adapters, stylii, cases, and keyboards. Palm also has organized a GPS-enabled addon that will be used for the first time in our Humpback Whale Research Project this winter season of 2002 in Maui. Thank you Palm!

A researcher performing "Vigilance" research with a dolphin using an Apple Macintosh computer. The image is sent to a Mitsubishi TV monitor which the dolphin views through an underwater window. The response paddle and data collection is automated through Opcode software.

 

 

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