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Secretary Mineta to Attend 'Digital Angel' Event in New York
PALM BEACH, Fla., Oct. 19 - Applied Digital Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ:ADSX), a leading, single-source
provider of e-business solutions, today announced that Secretary of Commerce Norman Y. Mineta has agreed to attend its
demonstration of "Digital Angel," to be held on Oct. 30 in New York City. Those attending the event will witness a Digital
Angel breakthrough: the first-ever operational combination of sensor technology and Web-enabled wireless telecommunications
linked to GPS location-tracking systems.
"We're extremely pleased that Secretary Mineta will attend our Digital Angel demonstration," said Richard J. Sullivan,
Chairman & CEO of Applied Digital Solutions. "Secretary Mineta has been a champion of 'digital inclusion' -- making access
to digital technologies more widely accessible to all segments of society. He has been an advocate of creating viable
partnerships between the public and private sectors as part of a national digital inclusion campaign. We believe our Digital
Angel technology has enormous potential along these lines. In fact, Digital Angel represents an exciting 'new frontier' in the
digital revolution because it offers so many potentially life-saving capabilities."
Secretary Mineta, a former Congressman from California, became the 33rd Secretary of Commerce this past summer. He has
pledged to work toward "digital inclusion" for all Americans and to ensure an accessible and accountable government.
Secretary Mineta oversees a department of 40, 000 people with a $5 billion budget that promotes commerce, keeps a vast
array of economic statistics, conducts the census, issues patents and trademarks, and develops technology, measurements and
standards.
Background on "Digital Angel" In December of 1999, Applied Digital Solutions announced that it had acquired the patent rights
to a miniature digital transceiver -- which it has named Digital Angel. Digital Angel will be able to send and receive data and be
located by GPS (Global Positioning System) technology. The company believes this technology will enable it to tap into a
multi-billion dollar marketplace with a number of applications that will prove to be extremely popular. These potential
applications include: monitoring the medical condition of at-risk patients; tracking endangered wildlife or household pets;
managing livestock and other farm-related animals; pinpointing the location of valuable stolen property; finding lost airline
baggage and postal packages; managing the commodity supply chain; preventing the unauthorized use of firearms; and
providing a tamper-proof means of identification for enhanced e-commerce security. For more information about Digital Angel,
visit www.digitalangel.net.
About Applied Digital Solutions, Inc. Applied Digital Solutions is a leading-edge, single-source provider of e-business
solutions. The Company differentiates itself in the marketplace by enabling e-business through Computer Telephony Internet
Integration (CTII). With five-year revenue growth (from 1994 to 1998) of 64,012 percent, Applied Digital Solutions is ranked
as the fifth fastest-growing technology company by Deloitte & Touche in its 1999 Technology Fast 500 listing. For more
information, visit the Company's Web site at www.adsx.com
Statements about the Company's future expectations, including future revenues and earnings, and all other statements in this
press release other than historical facts are 'forward-looking statements' within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities
Act of 1933, Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and as that term is defined in the Private Litigation Reform
Act of 1995. The Company intends that such forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties and are subject to
change at any time, and the Company's actual results could differ materially from expected results. The Company undertakes
no obligation to update forward-looking statements to reflect subsequently occurring events or circumstances.
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