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Sionex Differential Mobility Spectrometer Technology Selected in Competitive STTR Phase II Program.

BEDFORD, Mass., April 16, 2008 - VIASPACE Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: VSPC) subsidiary Ionfinity has been notified that its Phase II proposal entitled "Advanced Robotic Detection of Chemical Agents, Toxic Industrial Gases, and IEDs for Force Health Protection" submitted to the Army Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program, has been competitively selected for negotiation and possible contract award. Phase II STTR projects are for two years and up to $750,000 in funding. Ionfinity expects to enter into contract negotiations with the Army shortly.

Ionfinity's proposal is to develop a novel chemical agent sensor through a joint collaboration with NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Caltech, General Dynamics, Sionex, and Imaginative Technologies. This chemical sensor system consists of a new and powerful detector called a Differential Mobility Spectrometer, a novel "soft-ionization" method that does not fragment or multiply-ionize sampled species, and a micro-gas chromatograph for confirmation and enhanced detection. The goal of the effort is to demonstrate a commercial prototype of an enhanced version of the General Dynamics JUNO(TM) system that is inexpensive, compact, totally integrated and very rugged.

The new detection and analysis system can be used to identify chemical & bio-warfare agents; industrial toxic gases, and chemical components of Improvised Explosive Devices in air, water or solids. It is designed to be integrated with unmanned ground vehicles for medical force health protection and combat casualty care missions. This device is targeted to detect chemicals at parts per trillion (ppt) to low parts per billion (ppb) levels within 6 seconds. Potential applications of this new sensor include the chemical analysis and monitoring needs for defense, homeland security as well as commercial applications in environmental monitoring, agriculture and medicine.

Ionfinity Chairman and Chief Operating Officer, James Weiss reports, "This new sensor will change the paradigm used for future chemical detection and analysis, making it much more convenient, sensitive, selective and timely."

The selection of Sionex's Differential Mobility Spectrometer technology for the Advanced Robotic Detection of Chemical Agents, Toxic Industrial Gases, and IEDs for Force Health Protection phase II proposal confirms that our trace chemical sensor offers unparalleled sensitivity and selectivity in those high risk situations where detection at parts per billion or better is essential, said Wes Davis, CEO of Sionex. That's true in protecting lives, as well as in other systems aimed at safeguarding the environment, diagnosing diseases and monitoring manufacturing processes.

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Sionex Corporation provides breakthrough chemical and biological sensor chips and subsystems based on its proprietary microDMx detection technology. Sionex maintains its worldwide headquarters and laboratories in Bedford, Massachusetts. The Company is privately held and was founded in 2001 with patented technology exclusively licensed from the Charles Stark Draper Laboratory. Additional information about Sionex Corporation is available at www.sionex.com.

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