A poster presentation titled “Validation Of A Wireless, Multimode, Polynomial Neural Network-based Physical Activity Monitor In Children” was presented at the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) meeting May 29th, 2014 in Orlando, Fl. The HeartWing is a portable chest-worn monitor that estimates total energy expenditure and physical activity energy expenditure in free-living individuals with […]
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Barron Associates Receives NASA Award to Develop Next Generation Software Assurance Technology
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 Successfully Flight Tests UAV Sense and Avoid Technology
Barron Associates recently completed an Air Force Research Laboratory funded, three-year effort entitled Multi-Vehicle Unmanned Aircraft Systems Sense And Avoid (MUSAA). This program is a part of an ongoing larger effort by the Air Force to integrate unmanned platforms into the National Airspace System (NAS) and other theaters. Barron Associates developed a unique, modular, extensible, […]
iCare Vision Therapy System Human Subject Trials Successfully Completed
Barron Associates’ iCare is a video game created to treat amblyopia and convergence insufficiency. iCare was tested under an NIH National Eye Institute-funded clinical study. In this study, iCare was shown to have similar results to older computer-based vision therapy programs. However, participants in the study found the iCare system to be far more engaging […]
Successful Preliminary Usability Testing of the LimbTeq Energy Expenditure Monitor for Amputees
Barron Associates’ LimbTeq system is an accurate, low-profile, and convenient metabolic energy expenditure and physical activity monitor that is compatible with lower limb prostheses. The LimbTeq system collects these data through custom electronic sensors embedded within the prosthetic liner, and provides real-time user feedback via a wireless handheld touchscreen device. Such feedback will be helpful […]
Successful Testing of Virtual Occupational Therapy Assistant (VOTA) Prototype
Virtual Occupational Therapy Assistant (VOTA) is a computer-based virtual world in which stroke patients practice activities of daily living (ADLs), combining low-cost human motion tracking, commercial game engine technology, and evidence-based Occupational Therapy (OT) practice. In recently completed testing at the UVa HealthSouth Rehabilitation Hospital, fourteen stroke survivors successfully used the system in four one-hour […]
Barron Associates Awarded Patent for White Light Optical Profilometer
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 […]
VOTA Wins Brandon Hall Group Award for Excellence
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 […]