Fort Worth, Texas (April 13, 2004) - Brian Shannon, President of The Smartacus Corporation, announced they have applied for a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I Grant in consortium with University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth (UNTHSC). The grant application is in response to a solicitation from the National Institute of Health for Development of Discovery-Oriented Software and Tools for Science Education. The project title is "Development of Educational Software: Anatomy/Physiology."

" SBIR is a federal funding source specifically geared to innovative small businesses that demonstrate the ability to develop and commercialize their technologies. Smartacus Corporation is savvy for taking advantage of a program that has traditionally been under utilized by Metroplex firms," said Clyde Higgs, president of Tech Fort Worth, a business and technology incubator.

The Smartacus Corporation, producer of premier e-learning products for the higher education market, announced that it intends to develop supplemental materials for Human Anatomy and Physiology courses. Courses for this subject matter range from high school to college levels for biology courses and anatomy and physiology courses.

By teaming with Robert W. Wordinger, Ph.D. and Rouel S. Roque, M.D. from Department of Cell Biology and Genetics at UNTHSC to provide content, The Smartacus Corporation will create study modules that raise the standard of supplement materials available for anatomy and physiology courses.

Rudy Lopes, Chief Information Officer of The Smartacus Corporation, who was also at the announcement said, "Biology and anatomy textbooks are too expensive and too overloaded with material the students and instructors don't want or need. We are providing a better alternative, flexible enough to satisfy student study needs and instructor curricula requirements."

The Smartacus Corporation is a developer of premier e-learning products to enhance students' earning power through improved learning. The company designs multimedia, distributed via the Internet and CD-ROM, that are teaching tools for the higher education market. The focus is on technology products that are useful, usable, and unique.

Earlier this year, The Smartacus Corporation opened a Web site for students - www.College-Cram.com - which already has nearly 300 study modules for math, science, business, and foreign language. The company has recently begun discussions with venture capital firms.

Fort Worth, Texas (April 14, 2004) - Brian Shannon, President of The Smartacus Corporation, announced that College-Cram.com had achieved an important milestone, registering its 800th subscriber yesterday.

Earlier this year, The Smartacus Corporation opened www.College-Cram.com (a Web site for students) with free registration providing access through May. Since then more than 800 students have taken advantage of the free registration, which provides nearly 300 study modules for math, science, business, and foreign language.

"We are very encouraged by student response," said Jack Robinson, Director of Business Development. Rudy Lopes, Chief Information Officer, added "It is fun to see students from the same school signing up and running the same study modules within a few minutes of each other. You just know they are sharing their positive experiences."

The Smartacus Corporation is a developer of premier e-learning products to enhance students' earning power through improved learning. The company designs multimedia, distributed via the Internet and CD-ROM that are teaching tools for the higher education market. The focus is on technology products that are useful, usable, and unique.

The company has recently begun discussions with venture capital firms.