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Barron Associates has been awarded a Phase II SBIR grant from the National Institutes of Health to develop a blink-based communication system.  The system will allow amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) patients and others with severely restricted speech and mobility to communicate effectively even when they are not in front of a computer.  Human participant tests […]

Barron Associates, in collaboration with the University of Virginia, is developing the SoundTrak system:  a low-cost sleep monitor for use in individuals’ home environments to noninvasively, ergonomically, and automatically acquire and analyze high-frequency inspiratory sounds pertaining to obstructive sleep-disordered breathing. The SoundTrak system will collect low- and high-frequency sound data via a highly-portable computing base […]

This research aims to provide rapid and objective oculomotor function assessment using low-cost tablet/smart-phone devices that are readily available field-side. The mobile Sports-Concussion Oculomotor Response Evaluation (mobileSCORE) tool may then be used in conjunction with additional concussion evaluation techniques to protect youth athletes from premature return-to-play following a potential concussive injury.  The effort includes a […]

Barron Associates Upset Recovery Teams, led by Dr. Nathan Richards, has been selected for award by NASA.  This program will provide pilots with visual guidance to assist in recovery from aircraft upset condition including situations of vehicle failure/impairment. The approach also explicitly considers the wide range of pilot dynamic behavior and the impact the variation […]

The Virtual Occupational Therapy Application (VOTA) will enable stroke patients to practice activities of daily living (ADLs) as part of an in-patient, skilled nursing, outpatient, home health, and/or teletherapy rehabilitation program. The system employs low-cost human motion tracking, advanced kinematic pose estimation algorithms, and state-of-the-art game engine technology to create a compelling world in which patients […]

The HeartWing is a portable chest-worn monitor that estimates total energy expenditure and physical activity energy expenditure across a wide variety of activities, including the transitional periods between activities, with accuracy and precision. Barron Associates and Arizona State University recently completed a five-year effort to develop and validate the HeartWing. As part of this effort, […]

Under a recently completed NASA SBIR Phase II project, Barron Associates led a team that compared Assurance Case methods for software assurance to a process based on the DO-178B standard that has been widely used in the aerospace industry for many years. Building on this success, Barron Associates has received Phase III funding to expand […]

Barron Associates is pleased to announce that research led by Dr. Jason O. Burkholder and William T. Gressick has been awarded U.S. Patent No. 8,593,644 B2.  The work, conducted in collaboration with Southwest Research Institute and funded by the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR), is titled White Light Optical Profilometer for Measuring Complex Surfaces.  Key […]

Barron Associates, Inc. in partnership with Designing Digitally, Inc. won a coveted Brandon Hall Group Silver Award for Excellence in the Best Use of Games for Learning category. Barron Associates, Inc. and Designing Digitally, Inc. created a 3D motion tracking training game called Virtual Occupational Therapy Assistant (VOTA). The VOTA project win was announced on […]