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GM Selects Micropoint's Bend Sensor Occupant Detection System

4 March 1999

GM Selects Micropoint's Bend Sensor Occupant Detection System for Smart Airbag Technology

Micropoint Announces Plans to Supply General Motors With the Critical Sensing
       Systems in Aggressive Rollout of Smart Airbag-Equipped Vehicles

    SALT LAKE CITY, March 4 -- General Motors has
selected the Micropoint (OTC Bulletin Board: MICP) Bend Sensor(R) Occupant
Detection System as the sensing component for its smart airbag implementation
program, announced Monday, March 1, 1999, in Automotive News.  As noted in the
Automotive News article, the model year 2000 Cadillac Seville will be the
first automotive platform to use Micropoint's patented Bend Sensor(R)
Technology for incorporation into a smart airbag system.  An aggressive
rollout program has been established for the use of the Bend Sensor(R)
Occupant Detection System in other General Motors automotive platforms.
Acting through a strategic partnership arrangement with Delphi Automotive
, Micropoint will supply the sensors and software, which will be
attached to circuit boards manufactured by Delphi Automotive.  Delphi, as the
Tier One supplier, is coordinating system production.  The sensor mats will be
manufactured by Flexpoint Inc., the wholly owned subsidiary of Micropoint.
    "We are thrilled to be supplying General Motors with our sensors as they
lead the race for smart airbag technology," said Doug Odom, Micropoint's
President and CEO.  In tests to-date, Micropoint's Bend Sensor(R) Occupant
Detection System, has demonstrated the ability to accurately provide occupant
information to the airbag system to determine whether the airbag should
suppress or deploy.  "We feel that this technology is a step-ahead of anything
that is currently competing in the market," said Odom.  Micropoint is
continuing to scale-up for production of its Bend Sensor(R) Occupant Detection
System at its newly leased facility in Salt Lake City, Utah.
    Micropoint's Bend Sensor(R) Occupant Detection System consists of
proprietary sensor mats and software, which utilize weight sensing and pattern
recognition to produce a consistently accurate profile of a seat's occupant.
Whether the seat is occupied by an adult, a child, a car seat or a bag of
groceries, the Bend Sensor(R) will distinguish the occupant's configuration
and trigger an appropriate airbag system response.
    Micropoint's unique Bend Sensor(R) device measures a predictable change in
electrical resistance as it is deflected.  It is capable of precisely
measuring minute to very large changes in position.  Flexible and
self-contained Bend Sensor(R) technology can provide an ideal solution to
problems associated with numerous applications requiring accurate sensing
devices in many industries.  The Bend Sensor(R) is thinner, lighter,
longer-lived, more reliable and more cost-effective than many previous devices
in the sensor industry.
    Through its operating subsidiary Flexpoint Inc., Micropoint designs,
manufactures and markets flexible Bend Sensor(R) technology for various
industries, including the automotive, medical, industrial and toy industries.
Micropoint's stock is traded under the symbol MICP.
    Forward looking statements in this release involve a number of risks and
uncertainties including, but not limited to, product demand, market
acceptance, government regulation, changing economic conditions, risks in
product and technology development, the effect of the Company's accounting
policies and other risk factors detailed in the Company's filings with the
Securities and Exchange Commission.  Specifically, there is no minimum
purchase requirement for either Delphi Automotive or General Motors, and there
can be no assurance that any sales of such product will result from
arrangements described herein.