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News TheReview Wednesday, June 13,1990 — A20

Sidney businessman speaking _ |
on forest industry technology €

A Sidney businessman will
speak at a govemmment-sponsored
seminar on commercializing tech-
nology at the University of B.C,
June 19.

Jack Wilson, president of RSI
Research Ltd., will talk about the
commercialization of robotics at a
workshop, organized by the Cana-
dian Space Agency in conjunction
with the Science Council of Brit-

“We're one of the few compa-
nies in B.C. that have a lot of
experience in-transferring technol-
ogy from university research labs
to resource industries, particularly
the forestry industry,” he said.

“The Canadian Space Agency
can only justify the government
expenditure of government money
on new technology if there is a
spinoff for the Canadian economy,

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Wilson’s said his speech, Suc- Among its robotics manufactur-
cesses and Failures in Forest ing activities, RSI Research devel-
Industry Technology Transfer, is ops robot-controlled heavy equip- 4
aimed at addressing how research ment that is used in the forestry
technology can be put to use in industry.
resource industries.
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