Who's afraid of a little old joke? Certainly not Taylor Swift , who had an adorable reaction to a young fan describing Travis Kelce as "Taylor's boyfriend" during a recent visit to the Children's Mercy Hospital in Kansas City. In a photo from her trip, shared via Instagram Dec. 12 , the "Cruel Summer" singer—clad in a matching green-and-blue plaid skirt set and knee-high boots—posed with a young boy wearing glasses, plaid pajama pants and a gray shirt. Between them, the two held up a flag for Travis' Kansas City Chiefs team that read, "Go Taylor's boyfriend." And in a second snap from the sweet moment, Taylor threw her head back laughing while the boy pointed out the hilarious description on the item. And that's not the only back-handed compliment the Grammy winner got a kick out of while visiting the hospital. In another video shared to X from her outing, Taylor had an enchanting response to a young fan who told her, "I like Travis now." As the hospital staff in the room let out a laugh over the kid's emphasis on the word "now," the 34-year-old quipped, "Yes, me too. That’s an absolute yes on that one." And when the boy affirmed to Taylor that Travis was his "favorite player," she joked, "Good. These are good answers. You are acing this." Of course, Swifties already knew Taylor—who just wrapped her record-breaking Eras Tour in Vancouver on Dec. 8—is a big fan of Travis. After all, she's cheered the NFL tight end on at multiple Kansas City Chiefs games —including the 2024 Super Bowl —since the couple went public with their romance in September 2023. And Travis is equally as supportive of Taylor. In fact, the New Heights podcast host has returned the favor by shaking it off at several Eras Tour shows over the past year. Plus, Taylor recently revealed that he was cheering her on behind the scenes of her "Fortnight" music video , which also starred Post Malone . "Something that I’ll always remember is when I finished a take and I’d say 'cut,' and we’d be done with that take, I would always hear someone cheering from across the studio where we were shooting it," the "Anti-Hero" singer recalled while accepting the award for Video of the Year at the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards . "That one person was my boyfriend, Travis." Taylor added, "Everything this man touches turns to happiness and fun and magic, so I want to thank him for adding that to our shoot because I’ll always remember that." For more times Taylor and Travis proved their romance has end game potential, keep reading. No. 1: He's a Swiftie Long before Taylor Swift 's attendance at the Kansas City Chief's Sept. 24, 2023 game became one of the definitive pop culture moments of the year, Travis Kelce was an admirer of the Grammy winner. The star tight end's interest in Taylor was first revealed by one of his teammates in a TikTok video posted by the Chiefs in August 2023 (which, in hindsight, was when the pair were secretly dating). Before Travis could answer the prompt of who his celebrity crush was, wide receiver Marquez Valdes-Scantling spilled, "Taylor Swift!" Travis smiled at the camera before holding his finger up to his moustache, saying, "Alright now!" Plus, Travis was just one of many celebs to attend Taylor's record-breaking Eras Tour even before they kicked off their yearlong romance. But more on that enchanting moment in a bit... No. 2: He's Not Her Usual Type (on Paper) While he does have that daydream look in his eyes (especially when he sees Taylor on the big-screen at one of his games), Travis stands out a bit when you look back at Taylor’s dating history. She is typically attracted to creative types, including actors ( Joe Alwyn , Jake Gyllenhaal , Taylor Lautner and Tom Hiddleston ) and musicians ( Calvin Harris , John Mayer , Harry Styles and, most recently, Matty Healy ). But perhaps that’s why her romance with the lighthearted and cheeky athlete— who signed an updated two-year deal with the Chiefs worth $34.25 million in 2024—feels like such a refreshing option for Taylor after her six-year uber-private relationship with Joe came to an end in April 2023. No. 3: He Publicly Pursued Her Looks like the eight-time Pro Bowler’s wishes came true after he all but manifested his rumored romance with the superstar through sheer will, determination and declarations of infatuation. Travis publicly aired his failed attempt to shoot his shot and talk to Taylor when he attended the Kansas City stop on her Eras Tour July 7, 2023. As it turns out, he had a special gift for her: A friendship bracelet bearing his "number" that he hoped to give Taylor. (He wouldn't definitely say if it was his jersey number or phone number.) Despite his claim that he was "disappointed" he failed to meet her after the concert, Taylor confirmed to TIME that she belatedly caught his podcast pass. "Travis very adorably put me on blast on his podcast, which I thought was metal as hell," she recalled. "We started hanging out right after that. So we actually had a significant amount of time that no one knew, which I'm grateful for, because we got to get to know each other." So, that whole theory about the Sept. 24 game being their first official hang? As Taylor clarified to TIME , "We would never be psychotic enough to hard launch a first date." No. 4: She Isn't In Hiding Since her breakup with Joe, Taylor has been seen in public more frequently, including outings with friends in NYC and jubilant appearances at award shows, like the 2023 MTV VMAs and the 2024 Grammys . But her most talked-about appearance? Sitting in Travis' suite at the Chief's Sept. 24, 2023 home game against the Chicago Bears. Rather than shy away from the attention, Taylor cheered and screamed "Let's f--king go!" when Travis scored a touchdown. Like the public, even Travis admitted he was caught off-guard by Taylor accepting his invite. "Shoutout to Taylor for pulling up, that was pretty ballsy," Travis said during the Sept. 27 episode of the New Heights podcast. "I just thought it was awesome how everyone in the suite had nothing but great things to say about her, the friends and family." "She looked amazing," he added. " It was definitely a game I will remember, that's for damn sure." Since then, Taylor and Travis have been photographed hand-in-hand on dates all around the world and have made multiple visits to a Christmas bar in Kansas City , where they were not shy about PDA . And, after revealing to TIME that she retreated from the spotlight when Kim Kardashian 's infamous leaked phone call in 2016 , Taylor is going out tonight...and every night, if she wants to, thank you very much. "Life is short," she said. "Have adventures. Me locking myself away in my house for a lot of years—I’ll never get that time back. I’m more trusting now than I was six years ago.” No. 5: He Knows When to Pull Back While Travis isn't afraid to spill some tea on his Sept. 27, 2023 podcast regarding his interactions with Taylor, he still expressed his boundaries about addressing his personal life moving forward . "I know I brought all this attention to me," he explained. "I did the whole friendship bracelet thing and told everyone how butthurt I was that I didn't get to meet Taylor." However, he continued, he didn't plan to give a full play-by-play of their relationship. "What's real is that it is my personal life and I want to respect both of our lives," he explained. "I'm enjoying life and I sure as hell enjoyed this weekend. So everything moving forward, I think me talking about sports and saying 'alright nah' will have to be where I keep it." He doubled-down on his desire to play it cool in a November 2023 interview with the Wall Street Journal . "Everybody around me telling me: Don't f--k this up! And me sitting here saying: Yeah—got it," he told the outlet, before addressing the media attention. "That was the biggest thing to me: make sure I don't say anything that would push Taylor away." But that doesn't mean he's been able to resist publicly talking about his girlfriend—crediting her for the boost in sales of his jersey and calling her "amazing" after she was booed by New England Patriots fans at his Dec. 17 game. "I've never been a man of words," he admitted to WSJ. "Being around her, seeing how smart Taylor is, has been f--king mind-blowing. I'm learning every day." No. 6: He's Family-Oriented Like Taylor, who is close with her parents, particularly her mother Andrea , Travis hails from a tight-knit fam, including his parents Ed and Donna Kelce. Donna became a beloved public figure when she became the first mother to have two sons playing against each other in a Super Bowl, when Travis faced off against his older brother, Philadelphia Eagles center Jason Kelce , in the big game in February 2023. "For all the stars to align and for them to get through high school and college and the pros. And for them to both play in the Pro Bowl and to play in the Super Bowl, and then for this to happen," Donna told ET at the time. "This is just like a dream come true. I can't express enough how special this is for the family and it's just crazy." Donna, who was married to Ed for 25 years before they divorced, supported both of her sons by wearing a half-black, half-red Eagles and Chiefs jacket. After the Super Bowl, which saw the Chiefs best the Eagles, Travis and Jason got emotional while reflecting on sharing the experience with Donna. "The moment I saw mom is when I got really emotional," Jason said on the brothers' New Heights podcast. "It was so awesome...She was on top of the world for a week." "She was the heavyweight champ man," Travis added. "She was on top of it, and she shined the whole time." No. 7: He's Super-Close With His Brother Like Taylor and her younger brother Austin Swift , Travis has a special bond with his older brother Jason, who inspired him to play football. In addition to their impressive careers as NFL players, Travis and Jason launched their podcast New Heights in September 2022, a project that has only strengthened their relationship ( and their bank accounts ). "What this did was gave us a scheduled two to three hour window where we have to talk to each other and we have to talk about what we're going through, throughout the week and throughout the games," Travis told NBC Sports in February 2023. "It's almost been like therapy, man." No. 8: They Have a Mutual Friend Sure, the pair technically never met until 2023, but there have been a few invisible strings tying them together. Taylor and Travis both count Miles Teller as a friend, with the Top Gun: Maverick star and his wife Keleigh Sperry even being recruited by Taylor to star in the music video for "I Bet You Think About Me" off Red (Taylor's Version) in 2021. Travis, meanwhile, joined Miles and Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes for golfing practice ahead of the American Century Championship in 2022. Miles tweeted a photo of himself on the golf course with the athletes, writing, "Grip it and rip it." Travis proved the bromance was real when he reposted the shot and added, "Back at it like we never left!!" (Interestingly enough, Miles is a noted diehard Philadelphia Eagles fans, so perhaps he put in a word with Jason to broker an IRL meet-up between Travis and Taylor?) No. 9: The Squad Is Shipping While Taylor attended the Sept. 24, 2023 game solo, she brought an entourage of celebrity friends with her when she attended the Chiefs' match-up against the New York Jets at New Jersey's Metlife Stadium on Oct. 1. She was accompanied by BFFs Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds and his friend Hugh Jackman , as well as Sophie Turner , Sabrina Carpenter and Queer Eye 's Antoni Porowski . While their attendance at the game spoke volumes, even more telling was Ryan following Travis on Instagram. No. 10: He Can Handle the Pressure Not only has Travis played in four Super Bowls, winning three of them (NBD!), but he's also hosted Saturday Night Live , so you know he can handle intense spotlight with ease. That may seem trivial, but Taylor has penned several songs regarding her fear that her level of fame could prove to be too much for her romantic partner to handle. (See: "Peace" and "The Archer.") "It all depends who you're with," Taylor said in, "If they have a serious issue with it, I guess you'll hide or whatever, but I don't really like that, because it makes me feel like I'm running from the law or something. I don't want to feel like a fugitive, like, 'Oh my god, we're having a relationship, better hide!' "I feel like if you can be in a relationship and have it seem normal, that would be good." And in his WSJ interview , Travis proved he's more than ready for the pressure that comes with dating someone as powerful as Taylor. "Obviously I've never dated anyone with that kind of aura about them...I've never dealt with it," he said. "But at the same time, I'm not running away from any of it." "The scrutiny she gets, how much she has a magnifying glass on her, every single day, paparazzi outside her house, outside every restaurant she goes to, after every flight she gets off, and she's just living, enjoying life," he added. "When she acts like that I better not be the one acting all strange." No. 11: They Support One Another Further proving their love is worthy of a rom-com treatment, fans were swooning after a concertgoer captured video of Taylor running into Travis' arms and exchanging a passionate kiss after performing in Argentina Nov. 11. And that was after she changed the lyrics in Karma from "the guy on the screen" to "the guy on the Chiefs," much to Travis' surprise as he attended alongside her father, Scott Swift . Turning out for one another's stadium takeovers—Taylor attended 13 Chiefs games last season, traveling straight from her Tokyo show to make the Super Bowl—is a show of how serious their relationship is. "I'm going to see him do what he loves, we're showing up for each other, other people are there and we don't care," Taylor told TIME of their public support . "The opposite of that is you have to go to an extreme amount of effort to make sure no one knows that you're seeing someone. And we're just proud of each other." And if her presence at the NFL games annoys you, well, Taylor can't even be bothered to have bad blood with you. "There's a camera, like, a half-mile away, and you don't know where it is, and you have no idea when the camera is putting you in the broadcast, so I don't know if I'm being shown 17 times or once," she said. "I'm just there to support Travis. I have no awareness of if I'm being shown too much and pissing off a few dads, Brads, and Chads." No. 12: His Birthday Travis turned 34 last Oct. 5 meaning he was born in—are you ready for it?—1989. Screaming, crying, throwing up, etc. 13. A Special Connection Speaking of Killa Trav's birthday, did you know he shares his with Taylor's late grandmother Marjorie Finlay , the subject of her song "Marjorie" off of 2020's evermore ? If we didn't know better, we'd think this is a sign...
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SEOUL, South Korea , Dec. 26, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- SOLVIT System, a recognized leader in innovative technology, will participate in CES 2025, taking place January 7–10 in Las Vegas . The company's iSARTM (intelligent Search and Rescue) has been honored with the prestigious CES Innovation Award in the "Smart Cities" category. At CES, SOLVIT System will showcase its groundbreaking technology to dramatically reduce search areas for individuals lost in radio shadow zones. Addressing the Challenges of Rescue Dead Zones Mobile communication shadow areas, often called "rescue dead zones" in current E911 services, pose significant challenges for locating missing individuals due to the absence of technology capable of identifying or narrowing these shadow zones. Wide-area searches without actionable clues often result in unsuccessful rescue attempts despite substantial investments of time and resources. Powered by advanced algorithms, the SOLVIT-iSARTM system reduces the search area to as little as 1/25 the size required by traditional methods. Cutting-edge technology for Swift and Accurate Rescues At CES, SOLVIT System will demonstrate iSARTM's functionality and the innovative algorithms behind its success. The solution leverages advanced mobile communication forensic technologies and intelligent inference, including: These fully automated processes enable rescue operators to complete professional-grade analyses within just 10 minutes, a significant improvement over the three hours typically required by radio forensic experts. The company will highlight its front-end applications for command-and-control centers and mobile devices. These tools enhance operational efficiency, allowing rescue teams to work quickly and effectively in the field. Proven Innovation with Global Recognition SOLVIT System's iSARTM has been celebrated for its groundbreaking contributions to public safety, improving the likelihood of rescuing individuals while ensuring the safety of rescue personnel. Before earning the CES Innovation Award, iSARTM was recognized as an "Excellent Research and Development Innovation Product" by Korea's Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Energy. Since its deployment in April 2024 at the Korea National Fire & Disaster Headquarters, the system has demonstrated exceptional efficiency and reliability. Motivation and Vision for the Future "We are proud to be honored with the CES Innovation Award for iSARTM that saves lives," said Yeong-Goo Kim , Founder and CEO of SOLVIT System. "Driven by our commitment to saving lives, we have applied our expertise to the search and rescue field." The company's participation in CES 2025 goes beyond showcasing its product. Mr Kim aims to connect with a wide range of people, agencies, companies, and institutions to explore opportunities for collaboration and the localization of iSARTM in different countries. He also hinted at the development of the next version of iSARTM, promising further groundbreaking innovations. He also hopes that iSARTM's CES Award will serve as a stepping-stone toward establishing legal and institutional frameworks for public access to radio resource information and time-series data. Special thanks go to KCA for providing refined radio resource information, ATDI for supplying a proven radio analysis engine, and the institutions that supported technical validation. Key Features of SOLVIT-iSAR Join Us at CES 2025 For more information, visit SOLVIT System at CES 2025 in LVCC North Hall, Booth 8879 , to experience the award-winning SOLVIT-iSARTM — a revolutionary step forward in rescue operations designed to save lives and resources through advanced technology. About SOLVIT System Since its establishment as a corporation in 2007, SOLVIT System has grown into a small but strong enterprise that provides military communication Modeling & Simulation (M&S), radio analysis, digital twin technology, edge AI, and security solutions. It supplies these solutions to defense research institutions such as the Agency for Defense Development (ADD) and the Korea Research Institute for Defense Technology (KRIT) and defense companies like Hanwha Systems and LIG Nex1. The company has been recognized by Korea's Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) as a "Defense Industry Innovation Company." More at CES 2025: LVCC North Hall, Booth 8879 ( https://exhibitors.ces.tech/8_0/floorplan/?hallID=A&selectedBooth=8879) Website: https://en.solvitsystem.co.kr/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEjBF993Pwc For further information: SOLVIT System: Hansol Kim , +82-2-6241-6667, hansolkim@solvitsystem.co.kr , sales@solvitsystem.co.kr ; View original content to download multimedia: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/solvit-system-wins-ces-2025-innovation-award-illuminating-paths-to-save-lives-in-radio-shadow-areas-302339454.html SOURCE SOLVIT System
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