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Thirty percent of adults 65 years and older fall each year, often suffering dangerous closed head injury and long bone fractures. Fall-related injuries are the number one reason for emergency room visits and the leading cause of injury-related deaths among elderly adults. Barron Associates’ EverWrist wrist-based fall detection system was recently evaluated both in the […]

Barron Associates has developed a novel video game for promoting neuroscience education, called “NeuroSPARKS.” The NeuroSPARKS game is controlled by a special armband that measures muscle activity in the arm, providing students with hands-on insight into neuroscience topics and technology. The goal of this project is to spark interest in STEM fields by presenting students […]

Falls and fall-related injuries in seniors are more common than strokes and can have equally serious consequences; they represent a significant health care problem with a substantial associated morbidity and reduction in overall mobility and function.  Barron Associates developed the EverWrist fall monitoring system that employs a novel, patent-protected paradigm to detect falls, and will […]

VOTA is virtual world-based software that enables a stroke patient to practice activities of daily living using only a computer and a Microsoft Kinect sensor. February 3, 2016 marked the first major release of the VOTA software and initiation of clinical trials with stroke patients at a rehabilitation hospital. At the time of this release, […]

The BENEFIT system is a computer-based fall risk assessment instrument for use by health and elder care providers. The BENEFIT instrument ensures that individuals at increased risk for falling are identified and provided with appropriate interventions to reduce fall occurrences. Bayesian belief networks are the key technology that enables faster and more accurate fall assessments; […]

A paper entitled “Flight-Test Evaluation of an Adaptive Controller for Flying Qualities Specification and Protection,” co-authored by Barron Associates’ Dr. Nathan Richards and Dr. Richard Adams, was published in the Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics December 2015 issue.  This article focuses on the in-flight ability of an adaptive receding horizon optimal controller to both […]

On October 10, 2015, Dr. Rick Adams of Barron Associates, Inc. gave an invited presentation to the University of Virginia SIE Colloquium on the development of virtual world based games for upper extremity stroke rehabilitation. The talk included an overview of evidence-based stroke rehabilitation and neuroplasticity as it relates to development of Barron Associates’ Virtual Occupational […]

A Phase I pilot study was conducted at the Virginia DBVI to investigate the effectiveness of an Android tablet-based prototype non-visual map display in conveying spatial layout information to individuals who are blind through audio-tactile cues. Fourteen (14) individuals completed the study in a partnership with Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) Bioengineering and under the supervision […]

Cylinder power output imbalance is ubiquitous in internal combustion engines and imparts potentially damaging vibrations that can reduce engine component life.  Barron Associates and Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) have successfully completed testing of a prototype Adaptive Inverse Control System (AICS) for Inter-Cylinder Output Balancing.  The AICS prototype diagnosed and mitigated severe and subtle imbalance conditions […]

Technology development from a NAVAIR Phase II SBIR resulted in a patent (1/27/15) for a sonobuoy glide-kit (SEABRD) for guided payload delivery from high altitude deployment. Barron’s technology is unique in that it attaches flight mechanisms directly to the sonobuoy steel outer-housing and does not require a distinct fuselage. Thin wing and tail surfaces combined […]