SBIR/STTR Research Award
INPUT AND OUTPUT MECHANISMS AND DEVICES
Award amount
$30,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1987Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Education
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- Stafftec
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- Not reported
- Solicitation number
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- Topic code
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Research abstract
A SIX MONTH EFFORT IS PROPOSED TO DEVELOP A 2-CHANNEL ELECTROMYOGRAM (EMG) ADAPTIVE-FIRMWARE CARD SYSTEM FOR IBM AND IBM COMPATIBLE COMPUTERS. THE ADAPTIVE-FIRMWARE CARD SYSTEM WILL PROVIDE KEYBOARD INPUT THAT IS CONTROLLED BY EMG SIGNALS. THE SYSTEM IS DESIGNED FOR DISABLED INDIVIDUALS WHO CAN NOT USE STANDARD KEYBOARDS IN THEIR NORMAL FASHION. THE SYSTEM WILL BE "TRANSPARENT" TO THE COMPUTER AND RELATED SOFTWARE. THIS WILL ENABLE THE DISABLED INDIVIDUAL TO USE STANDARD SOFTWARE ON IBM AND IBM COMPATIBLE COMPUTERS.
Technology keywords
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