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      PRESS
RELEASE

    

     

    May 15,
2009

     

    INNOVATIVE
NANOFABRICATION COMPANY

    SHRINK
TECHNOLOGIES, INC. TO BE ACQUIRED

    


    Shrink
to Commercialize Revolutionary Material and Fabrication Process Designed to
Improve Solar Cell Efficiency, Build Stem Cell Research Tools and Make
Affordable Medical Diagnostics Kits, Therapeutic Biodegrable Stem Cell Patches
and Wave Guides for Integrated Circuits

    


     

    Carlsbad,
California – Shrink Technologies, Inc., a California corporation, has agreed to
be acquired in a stock-for-stock transaction by AudioStocks, Inc. (OTCBB: AUIO –
News).  The companies have executed a binding letter of intent and
expect to conclude the transaction by the end of May.

    


    Shrink is
dedicated to the commercial adoption of an innovative nanofabrication platform,
invented by Dr. Michelle Khine, which provides for the rapid design and low-cost
fabrication – on polystyrene and other biodegradable plastics – of micro and
nanostructures for devices with a wide range of applications, including next
generation solar cell substrates, wave guides for integrated circuits,
microfluidic devices, stem cell research tools, biochips and LEDs to name a
few.  Shrink holds an exclusive licensee from the largest public
university system in California which covers the right to commercialize 10
patent-pending inventions related to it’s technologies.

    


    Shrink
has created the PolyShrink
Manufacturing SolutionTM which utilizes the unique characteristics
of PolyShrinkTM, a
shrinkable thermo-plastic material, which enables
complex structures to be designed at the macro-scale, while retaining the
original designs on a much smaller scale.  PolyShrinkTM based applications can be
designed and prototyped in a few hours versus conventional methods using silicon
or other materials that require costly equipment and labor intensive processes.
We create features on PolyShrinkTM that retract
isotropically, after the application of heat, to a fraction of the original
size. Because the patterned features “shrink,” we do not require high-resolution
printing otherwise necessary to achieve such fine features. This flexible and
elegant design and fabrication solution saves costs by eliminating the need for
millions of dollars in cleanroom equipment and vastly improves time-to-market
for products in our focused market segments.

    


    Mark L.
Baum, CEO of Shrink commented, “For nearly two years our team has been working
diligently to prepare Shrink for an introduction to the public equity
markets.  In that time, we executed an option agreement to license our
core technologies and agreed to fund a multi-year research and development
agreement with the university where our innovations were born.  We are
also proud to have reached a milestone agreement with the largest public
university system in California which provides Shrink with an exclusive license
to certain core patent-pending inventions, as well as numerous additional
patent-pending inventions, all of which allow our Company to continue to work
towards commercializing a plethora of innovative solutions for a number of fast
growing multi-billion market segments.  From a financial perspective,
what is also notable in our exclusive licensing agreement is that the licensor
has agreed to accept 100% of the initial licensing fees in equity, based on a
$1.01 stock price.”

    


    About Shrink Technologies,
Inc.

    


    Shrink
was founded in the State of California on January 15, 2008.  Shrink
represents the first start-up company to come out of the University of
California Merced, and brings together leading scientists, business advisors and
an executive team that is dedicated to bringing its exclusively licensed
technology to the commercial marketplace.  Shrink addresses the
growing global need for leading edge technology through more efficient design
and manufacturing technology by integrating the rapid deployment of affordable
products that were never before possible. The modern global economy has
seen the rise and accepted the need for greater
sustainability.  Shrink solutions, including it’s substrates, devices
and research tools are being designed to not only mechanically effective in the
solar energy, environmental detection, stem cell and biotechnology markets, they
are also being made from biodegradable materials, including corn-based
plastics.  More information about Shrink may be found at
www.ShrinkNano.com.

    


    About
PolyShrinkTM

    


    PolyShrinkTM is based on
polystyrene, a ubiquitous plastic material that has been used in countless
industrial applications due to its flexible material properties and relative
ease of use.  By taking advantage of these inherent characteristics,
PolyShrinkTM allows for
the ultra-rapid direct patterning of complex even three-dimensional, stacked
polystyrene micro- and nanostructures as well as advanced optoelectronic
devices.  Because of the unique characteristic of PolyShrinkTM to uniformly
compress during heating, complex structures can be designed at the macro-scale
level, yet upon heating, these designs are retained at the micro- or
nano-scale.

     

    Forward-Looking
Statements

     

     

    This news
release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of
the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 that involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions, including statements
about the markets for and uses of products described in this press release and
other technologies which Shrink Nanotechnologies, Inc. seeks to
commercialize.  Actual results and the timing of events could differ
materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a
result of several factors including unanticipated delays in the completion of
the commercialization of Shrink Nanotechnologies, Inc.’s products and the market
appetite for Shrink’s services. The forward-looking statements made herein speak
only as of the date of this press release and the company undertakes no
obligation to publicly update such forward-looking statements to reflect
subsequent events or circumstances.

     

     

    Contact:

     

    Shrink
Nanotechnologies, Inc.

    Mark L.
Baum, Esq., 760-804-8844 x205

    mark@shrinknano.com