We believe that the best "phase 3" field testing and prototyping is precisely what is often not being done and that is long overdue for enabling the sensible refinement of systems for the public environment, namely implementation in public venues and environments such as urban transportation networks, universities, shipping ports, shopping malls. This is our aim and for which we are seeking changes in thinking, and response-able collaboration, from public and private partners.

You cannot do this all in a lab or in a closed, "secure" environment any more than you can "proof test" a new car without getting in and driving it on a real highway.

Furthermore, you need to Engage the User's Interest. This is not done by coercion, nor by doing it behind their backs, or over their heads, but by getting their personal attention, interest and enthusiasm. You can achieve this when there is a total crisis, a total state of danger, like WW2 or just after 9-11. Not good enough if your objective is prevention and averting a disaster! We have worked out how to make things interesting and attractive in all this, for the real eyes and ears that make up a real HomeLand Secure - the people in the high schools and colleges, the people shopping at Wal-Mart and Target, the people on the busses and trains. That's the special difference between Nomad Eyes and all the rest.