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EXHIBIT 10.9




CONTRACT ADDENDUM




ADDENDUM NO. 01

to Contract No. 6400711368/00

Novint voxelNotepad2 Phase II

Prototype Software Project



It is hereby agreed that this ADDENDUM to Contract Number 711368/00, dated April 10, 2001, between
ARAMCO SERVICES COMPANY (“ASC”) and NOVINT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. (“NOVINT” or “CONTRACTOR”) shall
govern additional services to be performed by NOVINT (hereinafter referred to as “Phase II
Services”) related to the voxelNotepad2 (“vnp2”) Phase II Prototype Software Project (“Phase II
Project”):





	A.	 	NOVINT warrants that all Phase II Beta and Final version software will be delivered AS-IS,
WHERE IS. However, NOVINT will correct to ASC’s or SAUDI ARAMCO’s reasonable
satisfaction all defects affecting the Phase II Beta and Final version software’s performance
or suitability for use.






	B.	 	Job Specification for Phase II Project:






	 	1.	 	Approximate date Phase II Services will commence: July 8, 2002.
	 
	 	2.	 	Approximate period of Phase II Services: six (6) months.
	 
	 	3.	 	The Phase II Services shall be performed at NOVINT’s
facilities or such other location as ASC or SAUDI ARAMCO shall designate in writing from time to time.
	 
	 	4.	 	ASC representative: Simon A. Vreeke, General Supervisor, Engineering Services.
	 
	 	5.	 	Description of Phase II Services to be performed:






	 	5.1	 	Introduction






5.1.1. During Phase I of the Project, the vnp2 program was extended and enhanced
to read **** format data files. ****, **** and **** data are now supported
in vnp2 and can be seen and felt in the desktop environment. Data sets on
the order of **** were used during Phase I and preliminary experiments
indicated that utilization of the RTVIZ VolumePro line of volume graphics
acceleration cards can enable data sets of **** and larger to be
interactively rendered on a PC.




5.1.2. The primary objective of Phase II is to further refine and extend the
vnp2 software to interactively render **** data sets of
the size currently in use by SAUDI ARAMCO in its **** modeling and ****
efforts. Full support for the volumePro volume graphics card will be
added to the vnp2 software to interactively render **** data sets of
approximately**** to **** million **** (“Full volumePro Support”).
Further, the ability to constrain visualization and interaction to a
subset of the data (“Constrained Data Sculpting”) as well as the ability to save and load/ re-load
overall program state (“Persistence/ State Saving”) will be added to
vnp2 software.



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	 	5.2	 	Summary of vnp2 Software Phase II modifications






5.2.1. Full volumePro Support.




	 	•	 	Enhance vnp2 software by adding volumePro 500 series graphic
card(s) to interactively render **** to **** million ****.
	 
	 	•	 	Make (i) modifications to current vnp2 software architecture to support
data sets of **** to **** million **** and (ii) specific upgrades to utilize
volumePro hardware, including modifications to interface graphics depth buffer
with volumePro.
	 
	 	•	 	Add full visualization parameter, depth buffer, clipping plane and
interactive cursor support for the volumePro cards to vnp2.






5.2.2. Constrained Data Sculpting.




	 	•	 	Enhance vnp2 software’s ability to define a subset of ****data to be
visually and haptically rendered.
	 
	 	•	 	The enhancements will be achieved by using collections of
“bounding planes,” which will constrain the visual renderings and haptic interaction cursor, thus allowing the user to select a rectangular subset of the **** data set and volume by specifying six (6) bounding
planes (i.e., two planes for each major axis of the data set).






5.2.3. Persistence/ State Saying.




	 	•	 	Add the ability to save and re-load the current working state (which
includes, without limitation, the entire data set and all visualization
parameters) of the vnp2 program at any time during the operation of
vnp2.
	 
	 	•	 	The addition of the save and re-load functions will enable users to
save the current working state, exit the program, and return to the
program and immediately continue to work at the program exit
location.
	 
	 	•	 	Specific modifications include: (i) updating vnp2 software so that all
relevant state Information (“State Class Information”) is retained
in a centralized location known as the “State Class”; (ii) reading and
writing routines needed to save and load the State Class information;
and, (iii) updating the user interface to support the reading and
writing routines so that each user is queried or prompted on program
exit to save the State Class Information.






	 	5.3	 	Deliverables






5.3.1. NOVINT will deliver to SAUDI ARAMCO vnp2 prototype program
executables.




5.3.2. NOVINT will grant SAUDI ARAMCO internal use of vnp2 prototype
license for evaluation and demonstration within SAUDI ARAMCO.



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	 	5.4	 	Timeline






	 	5.4.1.	 	SAUDI ARAMCO delivers purchase order to NOVINT (project start—
estimated July 1, 2002)
	 
	 	5.4.2.	 	Detailed project specification and plan delivered by NOVINT to
SAUDI ARAMCO no later than two (2) weeks after SAUDI ARAMCO
issues a purchase order to NOVINT.
	 
	 	5.4.3.	 	SAUDI ARAMCO and NOVINT confirm detailed project specifications
and plan within four (4) weeks after project start date.
	 
	 	5.4.4.	 	Beta version of Phase II vnp2 software delivered by NOVINT to
SAUDI ARAMCO within twelve (12) weeks after project start date.
	 
	 	5.4.5	 	Final Phase II vnp2 software delivered by NOVINT to SAUDI ARAMCO within sixteen
(16) weeks after project start date.






	 	5.5.	 	Responsibilities






5.5.1. SAUDI ARAMCO will provide a person to act as NOVINT’s technical
and administrative contact for the duration of the project.




5.5.2. NOVINT will assign a project leader for the duration of the project to
coordinate all technical Issues with the SAUDI ARAMCO point of contact.




5.5.3. NOVINT will complete the vnp2 software development at NOVINT’s
facilities utilizing NOVINT hardware.




	 	5.6	 	Completion Criteria






	 	5.6.1.	 	This project will be considered complete when the final version of the vnp2 prototype
has been installed and tested at the SAUDI ARAMCO facility and SAUDI ARAMCO has completed
its evaluation to its reasonable satisfaction.






	 	5.7	 	License Rights






5.7.1. NOVINT grants to ASC a non-exclusive, perpetual, royalty-free license to use the vnp2
prototype program and any other software developed under this CONTRACT for SAUDI ARAMCO’s
internal use. These license rights include the right of ASC or SAUDI ARAMCO to further develop
software for internal use. These license rights do not include the right to market, sell or
distribute the vnp2 prototype program or internally developed



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software
to any third party. NOVINT retains sole rights of ownership,
development, and commercial distribution for the vnp2 prototype source code and
its derivative works.




	C.	 	Compensation for Phase II Project:






As
full and complete compensation for NOVINT’s satisfactory performance of the services
described in this ADDENDUM’s Job Specification for Phase II Project, as well as the
satisfactory performance of all other obligations of NOVINT under this CONTRACT, ASC shall
pay NOVINT as follows:




	 	1.	 	Rates
	 
	 	 	 	1.1 Full volumePro Support





	 	 	 	 	 
	Large data set support architectural modifications
	 	$	12,000.00	 
	Visualization parameter interface
	 	$	2,400.00	 
	Full depth buffer support
	 	$	4,000.00	 
	Clipping plane refinements
	 	$	800.00	 
	Cursor refinements
	 	$	800.00	 
	Data reading and caching refinement
	 	$	4,000.00	 
	User interface support
	 	$	7,185.00	 










	 
	 	 	 	1.2 Constrained Data Sculpting








	 	 	 	 	 
	Sub-volume support
	 	$	8,000.00	 
	User interface support
	 	$	4,800.00	 






	 
	 	 	 	1.3 Persistence/ state saving







	 	 	 	 	 
	State class implementation
	 	$	4,000.00	 
	Reader/ writer
	 	$	4,000.00	 
	User interface support
	 	$	2,400.00	 
	 
	 	 	 
	 
	 	$	54,385.00	 







	 	2.	 	Terms






	 	2.1	 	ASC agrees to the following payment schedule;






	 	2.1.1.	 	US$17,947.05 is due once both ASC and NOVINT have executed this
Addendum.
	 
	 	2.1.2.	 	US$17,947.05 is due upon delivery of the Beta version of Phase II vnp2
software to SAUDI ARAMCO.




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Software Project





	 	2.1.3.	 	US$18,490.90 is due upon delivery of the Final version of the Phase II vnp2
software to SAUDI ARAMCO and upon SAUDI ARAMCO’s reasonable determination, in
its sole discretion, that the Final version of the Phase II vnp2 software is
completely satisfactory in operation and functionality.




D. The Contract Number “711368/00” is hereby changed to Contract No. “6400711368/00” as a
result of the implementation of a new enterprise software system by ASC. All future invoices must
reflect this new Contract Number.



This ADDENDUM shall be effective as of the last execution date set forth below.



Except as specifically modified herein, all other terms and conditions of Contract Number
711368/00 shall remain in full force and effect.




	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	NOVINT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.	 	 	 	 	 	ARAMCO SERVICES COMPANY
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	By:

	 	/s/ Tom Anderson
	 	 	 	 	 	By:
	 	/s/ Simon A. Vreeke
	 

	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Printed Name: Tom Anderson	 	 	 	 	 	Printed Name: Simon A. Vreeke
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Title: CEO	 	 	 	 	 	Title: General Supervisor, Engineering Services
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Date: 7/12/02	 	 	 	 	 	Date: July 10, 2002







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