iPhone Application May Help to Monitor Parkinson's Disease Researchers at the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) have developed an iPhone application used to collect data on hand and arm tremors and relay the results to medical personnel. Listen to their interview here.
Computerizing Critical Information in Support of Better Health Resource Systems Researchers from the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) are helping to automate human resource information systems for health care professionals in two African nations, Kenya and Zimbabwe.
New Wireless Captioning System Debuts at Dallas Cowboys Stadium A wireless captioning system developed at GTRI has debuted at the Dallas Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas. Intelligent Access, a GTRI VentureLab company spun out of EOSL's Landmarc Research Center, teamed up wit Houston-based Softeq Development Corporation in November 2009 to integrate its real-time captioning capabilities into the DURATEQ Assisitive Technology Version (ATV) handhelds for use at the stadium.
EOSL Demonstrates Cargo Security Technologies for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) EOSL demonstrated its cargo container security system at a recent event sponsored by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Science and Technology (S&T) Directorate. The projets - the Container Security Device (CSD) - was developed under contract to the Department of Homeland Security's Science and Technology Directorate. It was among projects featured and demonstrated in simulated and realistic supply chain scenarios at the Department's Cargo Conveyance Security Technology Demonstrations held August 17-28 at Sandia National Laboratory in Albuquerque, N.M.

     

Detecting Invisible Aviation Hazards EOSL is leading a team of researchers from five universities and research organizations to investigate the feasiblity of using an instrument - called a forward looking interferometer - to detect invisible atmospheric hazards during takeoff, cruise and landing.

    

Wearable Captioning on CNN  Watch EOSL senior research scientist Leanne West discuss the wearable captioning system developed by GTRI and licensed by SightLine Media. The project was recently featured on CNN.

 

Widening the Wireless World  Later this year, a wireless captioning system developed at the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) and licensed by SightLineMedia will debut in movie theatres across the nation for beta testing. It will offer new, unobtrusive technology to allow people who are deaf or hard of hearing to enjoy Hollywood's latest films.

 

The Chemical Companion: a First Responder's Best Friend  To help first responders and hazardous materials teams, EOSL researchers have developed a software tool for Windows CE-based personal digital assistants that provides detailed information on 130 of the most common chemicals associated with hazmat incidents.

 

Maintainer’s Support: EOSL Software Helps Aircraft Technicians Centralize Maintenance Tasks  Aircraft technicians these days are as likely to use a laptop as a printed manual and logbook, and to turn to the Internet for the latest job-status reports and technical information. A team from EOSL are assisting them, using current computer and database technology to help military aircraft maintainers get their work done more efficiently.