BLIND

Award Information

Agency: Department of Health and Human Services	Branch: N/A	Award ID: 5311	Program Year/Program: 1986 / SBIR
Agency Tracking Number: 5311	Solicitation Year: N/A	Solicitation Topic Code: N/A	Solicitation Number: N/A

Small Business Information: CREARE, INC.
P.O. BOX 71 HANOVER, NH 03755-
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Woman-Owned: No

Minority-Owned: No

HUBZone-Owned: No

Phase 1: Fiscal Year: 1986

Title: BLIND

Agency: HHS

Contract: N/A

Award Amount: $47,000.00

Abstract:
WITH THE ADVENT OF VLSI CIRCUITS AND THE INCREASING MINIA- TURIZATION OF COMPUTER AND VIDEO SYSTEMS, IT IS NOW POSSIBLETO DEVELOP SMALL, LIGHTWEIGHT, TRULY WEARABLE SOUND OR VISION SENSING AID SYSTEMS. TACTILE PERCEPTION PROVIDES A VERSATILE COMMUNICATION CHANNEL BETWEEN A SENSORY AID SYSTEMAND THE USER. A KEY COMPONENT IN SUCH A SENSORY AID SYSTEM IS A TACTILE TRANSDUCER. A NOVEL DESIGN FOR AN OPTOTACTILE TRANSDUCER WILL BE DEVELOPED. THE TRANSDUCER HAS THE POTEN-TIAL FOR BEING VERY COMPACT, HAVING A WIDE RANGE OF MODULA- TION CAPABILITIES, BEING HIGHLY RELIABLE, AND HAVING MODEST POWER CONSUMPTION. PHASE I OF THIS PROJECT WILL ASSESS THE FEASIBILITY OF DEVELOPING SUCH A TRANSDUCER BY BUILDING AND EVALUATING A DESK-TOP, LABORATORY VERSION OF THE TRANSDUCER.IF PROVEN FEASIBILE, A PORTABLE, MULTIPOINT TRANSDUCER WILL BE BUILT AND TESTED DURING PHASE II.

Principal Investigator:
Javier a valenzuela
PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
6036433800

Business Contact:

Small Business Information at Submission:

Creare Inc
Po Box 71 Etna Road Hanover, NH 03755

EIN/Tax ID:

DUNS: N/A

Number of Employees: N/A

Woman-Owned: No

Minority-Owned: No

HUBZone-Owned: No