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U.S. Navy signs $8.6 million contract
A team of University of Iowa researchers has received a five-year contract worth up to $8.6 million from the U.S. Navy for a project that could ultimately save lives and increase combat effectiveness by having military personnel carry lighter loads into combat. Read More »
New Global Society for Human Simulation
SantosHuman Inc encourages our website visitors to review this exciting new global society focused on human simulation. Read More »
New Partnership with ESI - Japan Announced
SantosHuman Inc's CEO, Jay Johnson announces an new alliance/distribution partner in Japan: "ESI Group and its operations in Japan have signed a reseller agreement with SantosHuman Inc. The Nation of Japan, steeped in innovation and quality, continue to invest in the very latest in solutions to solve the problems humans face in enhancing our interactions with physical products: from Automobiles to diapers to body armor and kitchen mops. SantosHuman Inc. is pleased to have a global partner ESI Group in North America and now in Japan." Read More »
ESI Global Forum 2010
ESI Global Forum 2010 will bring together users from around the world to share expertise, best practices, challenges and successes in Virtual Prototyping. In addition to learning from simulation experts from around the world, attendees will get a sneak peak at ESI's latest product features and benefits, as well as practical tips and tricks. Read More »   Agenda »
Avatar - Feedback From The Virtual World
I finally got around to watching Avatar on DVD, and accept that I am probably one of the last people on planet Earth to have done so! What a fantastic movie, the effects were amazing. It reminded me of an article I had read about a programme created by the military in the USA to gain further insight to aid soldiers in battle. Read More »
VSR Santos Showcase Digital Planet
Short feature documentary on the Virtual Soldier Research program. We are an independent research group within the Center for Computer Aided Design at The University of Iowa. Funded primarily by the US Army, we conduct basic and applied research for creating new technologies dealing with digital human modeling and simulation. We are a group of 35 people (faculty, staff, scientists, engineers, clinical researchers, and graduate students) who have come together to create this new technology. The objective is to create human-like life on the computer, virtual humans/soldiers that can walk, behave, and talk like we do, yet are able to answer questions in the virtual world. Rather than building a vehicle, a tank, or a weapon system, we allow the virtual soldier to experience the product in the virtual world, thus providing feedback without building a prototype. Read More »
AVATAR...Feedback from the Virtual World
The U.S. Department of Defense has taken obtaining feedback, to dizzying new heights by creating Santos, as part of the Virtual Soldier Research program at the University of Iowa. Santos has been created to find ways to ease the physical strain on soldiers. Read More »
Virtual soldier may help NASA, amusement parks
Santos, the University of Iowa virtual soldier computer program, is continuing to reach above and beyond his original call of duty.
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Automakers bridge gap between engineering, assembly to enhance ergonomics
The relationship between engineers who design products and workers who put them together has always been uneasy, if not downright tense. Read More »
Virtual human aids UI research
�The first time we asked him to move a box, he automatically bent his knees to keep the torque on his joints as low as possible,� says Anith Mathai, engineering team lead for the Virtual Soldier Research (VSR) Program. Read More »
Putting Science to Work
Digital humans with starring roles in feature films and video games might capture the most attention, but behind the scenes, software programs shaped like virtual people are hard at work in research institutions, industry, and, especially, in the armed forces. Read More »
International Summit on Human Simulation Entity Forms
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Almost Human
UI human computer model helping soldiers, assembly line workers. Read More »
SantosHuman's Virtual Soldier recruited by Ford for assembly line detail
Future Combat Systems has given us plenty of fun over the years, from Land Warrior high-tech uniforms to field ready Xbox 360 controllers, and while the program was scuttled early last year, the technology keeps popping up all over the place. Read More »
US: Ford enlists 'virtual soldier' to improve quality
Ford is introducing a 'virtual soldier' - originally developed by the US military � to improve assembly line ergonomics and boost quality. Read More »
Elbert: Ford enlists U of I virtual man for research
A virtual soldier created on University of Iowa computers to test military armor has been hired by Ford Motor Co. to improve the ergonomics of automobile assembly lines. Read More »
Ford Recruits 'Virtual Soldier' to Boost Quality; Santos Feels the Same Strains That Humans Do
The new guy on the Ford Motor Company assembly line is an inexhaustible tough guy with impeccable military and academic credentials. Read More »
ESI becomes a SantosHuman Inc. Authorized Reseller
Paris, France � January 26, 2010 � ESI Group (ISIN FR0004110310), pioneer and world-leading supplier of digital simulation software for prototyping and manufacturing processes, announced today the recent agreement between its North American subsidiary - ESI North America - and SantosHuman Inc., providing human factors analysis in an interactive digital environment. Read More (English)» (French)»
Santos Human Hires Federal Lobbyist
Mount Vernon, Iowa, [July 27, 2009] � Santos Human Inc., the for-profit company licensed to distribute the world's first virtual human computer model and application able to accurately predict human motion, has hired Grant Consulting Group to represent its interests on a federal and international level. Read More »
SantosHuman Inc. Introduces Its First Female Avatar
Sophia
Meet Sophia, SantosHuman Inc.'s first female avatar. Sophia embodies the same biomechanically accurate modeling and simulation of human activities as Santos, the SantosHuman male avatar, with one exception. Her strength settings have been modified to simulate that of 65% of North American women.
Additional varieties of avatars are currently being developed by SantosHuman, and international cousins will soon be added to the Santos family of avatars. The international additions will be based on the physiology and biomechanics of people groups around the world.
Johnson, Santos Inc. Featured in Corridor Business Journal Entrepreneur: 101
Jay Johnson, CEO of SantosHuman, Inc., the commercial side of the Virtual Soldier Program at The University of Iowa, is featured as one of 18 entrepreneurs in the second edition of Entrepreneur: 101, published by the Corridor Business Journal.  The article, along with the other 17 stories featured, profiles Johnson and SantosHuman, and shares lessons learned in starting the business.
SantosHuman is in the process of finalizing a license with the UI Research Foundation.  The company expects to roll out its services by the end of the year, making the simulation software developed at the Center for Computer-Aided Design available commercially. Read More �
TAI Announces 2007 Prometheus Award Recipients
The Technology Association of Iowa (TAI), the voice of Iowa's technology industry, honored companies and individuals for excellence in leadership and innovation at its annual Prometheus Awards event last evening. Read More »
Iowa Economic Development Agency Award
SantosHuman™ In.c was awarded $150,000 from the Iowa Economic Development Agency. More About the Award »