Project Grant R44AG040865

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) project grant award to Steadi Systems, LLC aims to develop an innovative and accessible platform for balance training and assessment. The $305,000 award, effective January 1, 2025 through March 31, 2026, will fund the design of a portable and affordable solution that individuals of all ages can use at home or in clinics to practice and improve their...

Createability Concepts Inc. received a $100,000 Project Grant award from the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Community Living on September 1, 2021 to develop STEADYGAIT, a wearable feedback device to help people with Parkinson's disease reduce falls. The project was funded under the ACL National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research program (CFDA #93.433) to support research aimed at improving the lives of individuals with...

This $720,000 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Information and Intelligent Systems (CFDA 47.070 - Computer and Information Science and Engineering) will develop a novel robotic ankle-foot orthosis (exoskeleton) system to assist older adults' mobility and gait ability in real-world ambulation. The project at North Carolina State University aims to design and fabricate a compact, lightweight robotic ankle-foot orthosis to provide powered assistance and enhance ankle...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I project aims to develop a novel prescription process for customizing prosthetic feet based on individual patient characteristics. The $274,975 award, granted on September 15, 2023, will enable the awardee, Little Room Innovations LLC, to create a system that utilizes adjustable prosthetic foot prototypes and optimization algorithms to determine optimal mechanical properties for each patient's customized...

This cooperative agreement from the National Science Foundation will support the development of mechanized clothing to enhance productivity and low back health for logistics industry workers. Herowear LLC will receive $998,660 under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084) from September 2022 through August 2024. The project aims to address key design challenges for assistive technologies that provide lift assistance for delivery drivers. Herowear will add mode...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $275,000 Project Grant under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program to 2Innovate LLC, a for-profit limited liability company, for the development of a novel wall-mounted gait assist system to reduce the risk of injuries from falls on stairs and level surfaces. The project aims to create a mechanical system that safely supports individuals during ambulation, rehabilitation, and in-home gait assistance, with the goal...

This Project Grant award of $1,200,000 from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Federal Grant Program aims to develop specialized audio techniques to improve balance for individuals with balance impairments when using consumer-level virtual reality (VR) systems at home. The key objectives are to: 1) create adaptive auditory feedback methods to enhance balance in VR; 2) develop automated, real-time balance prediction using low-cost...

The National Science Foundation awarded a two-year, $199,967 Project Grant to The Trustees of the Stevens Institute of Technology under the Engineering (CFDA 47.041) federal grant program. The grant will support the development of a validation framework and open-source hardware/software sync platform for wearable motion analysis systems. Specifically, the grantee will establish novel data-driven methods and probabilistic/learning-based models to enable accurate time alignment between...

This $275,000 SBIR Phase I Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program supports the development of a wearable multimodal sensing device by Skywalk Inc., a for-profit Asian-Pacific American-owned manufacturer. The device aims to enable more intuitive interaction with augmented reality (AR) technologies by turning human hands into cursors, turning any surface into a touchscreen, and unlocking new...

This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB), under the Discovery and Applied Research for Technological Innovations to Improve Human Health program (CFDA 93.286), provides $173,700 to The Leland Stanford Junior University to develop specifications for wearable haptic sensory prosthetic devices. The project aims to (1) exploit attributes from both cutaneous and deep tissue sensation to communicate intensity levels, and (2) use 3D printed...