{"47196":{"#nid":"47196","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Lightning Protection Firm is ATDC\u0027s First Savannah Member Company","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe time-honored technique for protecting computers and other electronic devices from lightning damage has been to simply unplug them until the threatening weather passes. Now, a Savannah company known as Storm Shelter Electronics Corporation has developed a better way.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nUsing a nationwide lightning detection system, satellite-based messaging network and a small device that plugs into a wall outlet, Storm Shelter automatically disconnects sensitive electronic equipment from AC current, phone lines and cable connections whenever a thunderstorm approaches.  After the threat passes, the same system reconnects the equipment.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nAn add-on uninterruptible power supply (UPS) can allow the equipment to keep going while disconnected from the AC current.  And the system includes standard surge suppression technology for handling less serious electrical threats.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nStorm Shelter is the first member company of the Advanced Technology Development Center\u0027s (ATDC) new Savannah program, which was established earlier this year as a collaborative effort of coastal area organizations, the Georgia Department of Industry, Trade and Tourism\u0027s CyberGeorgia initiative, and the ATDC.  The Savannah operation is part of Georgia Tech\u0027s growing presence in the coastal area.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u0022Storm Shelter has identified a serious problem in lightning protection and has developed an elegantly simple solution that can be easily afforded and readily adopted for consumer electronics and small office environments,\u0022 said Bruce Jacobs, the company\u0027s CEO.  \u0022For the first time, we can provide real protection against the devastating effects to consumer electronics of direct lightning strikes.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"A coastal Georgia firm with a new way of protecting computers against lightning has become the first member company of the ATDC\u0027s new Savannah operation.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2002-09-24 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:03:45","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2002-09-24T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2002-09-24T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.atdc.org\/news\/september232002.html","title":"Savannah\u0027s technology community"}],"groups":[{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"}],"categories":[{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003E \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=\u0022\u003EContact  \u003C\/a\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}