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The broader impact/commercial potential of this Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I project is a novel process for providing customized prosthetic feet. Current prescription methods match patients with prosthetic feet designs based on the patient’s weight and level of physical activity. However, this method often neglects patient variabilities in terms of posture and walking gait a ...

The broader impact/commercial potential of this Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase 1 project is to provide an in-farm sensing system that will notify sow (adult female swine) farmers of early signs of animal lameness, and thereby reduce early sow mortality and enhance farm productivity. The technology uses artificial intelligence to analyze pig locomotion in order to spot subtle patte ...

The broader/commercial impact of this Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I project is to increase the volume and improve the accuracy of data on the world’s forests. Presently, when collecting data on forests, surveyors must choose between slow, laborious methods, or quick but inaccurate ones. This project uses recent advances in sensors and machine learning to greatly improve data ...

The broader impact/commercial potential of this Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I project is a novel mechanical system which improves the safety of the elderly and disabled while walking on level surfaces and stairs. The novel, wall-mounted system will reduce the risks of injury by mechanically supporting individuals during ambulation, rehabilitation, and eventual in-home gait assi ...

Joint All-Domain Command and Control (JADC2) is a paradigm necessitating modern simulation testbeds. Existing solutions address some of these task requirements, human factors constructs, and domains separately, however they are not designed for research w

The broader impact/commercial potential of this Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I project is the development of new technologies to enhance the safety of micro-mobility vehicles and fleets (bicycles, electronic bikes, and electric scooters). Micro-mobility has a high potential to reduce congestion, emissions, and noise pollution in urban settings.These vehicles can address many fir ...

Physical Sciences Inc. (PSI) and the University of Wisconsin-Madison (UWisc) will develop a flexible multi-layer emissivity control coating (F-MECC) for passive thermal regulation of various spacecraft. The new coatings integrate key functionalities of PSI’s MECC design (high emissivity contrast and tunable control temperature) with the structural benefits afforded by a polymer support (high fle ...

Quantum communication through space-Earth and space-space quantum channels allows for the distribution of quantum information in the form of photonic qubits and can enable the creation of a global scale quantum network. Such a network can link quantum com

The broader impact/commercial potential of this Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I project is a significant improvement in the accuracy of weather forecasts by increasing the refresh rate of sea wind measurements ten-fold. This forecast improvement will increase the economic competitiveness of the United States by improving efficiency in maritime, agriculture, and logistics industri ...

Constant advancement in artificial intelligence and autonomy leads to ever new and different opportunities for human-autonomy collaboration in mission command and control. Technology interfacing and new teaming constructs emerge at a fast pace, requiring