SBIR/STTR Research Award
PORTABLE CHILD HEIGHT MEASURING BOARD
Award amount
$447,917Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
1992Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- Shorr Productions
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- Not reported
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
THE LONG-TERM OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO PRODUCE A LIGHTWEIGHT, LOW-COST, DURABLE, ACCURATE, PORTABLE CHILD HEIGHT-MEASURING BOARD OF SYNTHETIC MATERIAL TO AID IN THE NUTRITION ASSESSMENT OF INDIVIDUALS AS WELL AS POPULATIONS. THE SPECIFIC AIMS OF PHASE I ARE TO: (1) DEVELOP PROTOTYPE CHILD HEIGHT-MEASURING BOARDS FROM SYNTHETIC MATERIALS THAT WOULD MEET THE CRITERIA STATED ABOVE; (2) ASSESS THE FEASIBILITY OF USING STATE-OF-THE-ART COMPUTER FACILITIES IN THE DEVELOPMENT AND TESTING OF SUCH A BOARD, AND IN FURTHER DEVELOPMENT IN PHASE II; AND (3) PRODUCE A TESTING PLAN AND RESEARCH PROTOCOL THAT WOULD BE IMPLEMENTED IN PHASE II. THIS PLAN WILL BE DESIGNED TO TEST THE BOARD'S STRENGTH, ENDURANCE, AND ACCURACY AS WELL AS USER SATISFACTION AND MEASUREMENT ERROR IN COMPARISON TO EXISTING BOARDS OF WOOD OR METAL.
Technology keywords
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