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A wireless system to alert peope who are deaf of critical sounds and events in their environment, utilizing a new consumer product called a Bluetooth wristwatch, a wireless, wrist worn computer interface and display

A device which performs optimal face recognition in a miniature unobtrusive device that is built around a common aperture imaging camera with a convenient visible light camera.

Accessible and portable watercraft transfer devices that provide safe access to boats for individuals who have difficulty boarding boats, such as people with mobility impairments, balance issues, or lower extremity injuries

Model perception and understanding the spatial structure of organic molecules have historically been a source of difficulty for high school chemistry students. The classic ball-and-stick model, developed in 1865, is still used today to convey the fundamental characteristics of a molecular system. This model is an inadequate representation of a dynamic system, which fails to accurately represent ...

The First 4,000 Words project will develop and test a multimedia system for ensuring that students in Grades 1-4 know the meanings of the 4,000 most frequently used English words when they hear them and see them in print and can pronounce them. The target population is English language learners, struggling readers, or children of poverty who have small vocabularies relative to their peers.

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Proficiency in high school mathematics is increasingly important in our technological world, but American students have improved only slightly, if at all in recent years. Our nation struggles to attract and retain qualified teacher, but the immediate challenge in mathematics education is to find a program of curriculum, training and support that works with present day teachers and schools. Carnegi ...

We will create Carnegie Speech's NativeAccent Kids beta system that can detect and pinpoint pronunciation errors in children's speech and offer specific correction help. This is important in elementary schools where many of the children enrolled are non-native speakers of Engligh. Although they do get ESL training, the time devoted to actually speaking is short. By having the children practice pro ...

Conrad Technologies, Inc. (CTI) proposes a non-contact, dynamic 3D position sensor based on optical triangulation using multiple radiating LED targets to measure intrusion of an automobile structure into the occupant compartment during full-scale crash tests. CTI has significant experience developing non-contact measurement instruments. CTI has developed a Motion Imaging and Tracking Acquisition ...