SBIR Phase I: Set Point Solutions - Safeguarding Lives By Enabling Communication in Austere and Remote Environments

SBIR 第一阶段：设定点解决方案 - 通过在严峻和偏远的环境中实现通信来保护生命

• 批准号: 2212209
• 负责人: Joseph Brown
• 金额: $ 24.69万
• 依托单位: SET POINT SOLUTIONS LLC
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-12-01 至 2024-11-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2212209&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: SBIR; Phase; Set; Point; Solutions

This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project will extend the range of on-hand wireless communications devices to austere and remote environments. Public safety agencies will now be able to utilize available resources more efficiently, precisely geolocating distressed individuals and/or connecting individuals in need with specific resources and personnel to facilitate their rescue. The propeller-enabled Projectile Assisted Repeater/Relay Of Transmissions (PARROT) technology will benefit the civilian market that requires communication in remote locations or emergency situations. Potential customers include individuals whose vocation or vacation takes them into austere locations where the ability to communicate effectively may be compromised. Additionally, the PARROT would be a lifesaving piece of equipment for individuals whose work often requires them to be in areas lacking robust or functioning communication infrastructure: commercial truck drivers, Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) agents, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) responders, search and rescue teams, etc. This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project highlights how communications solutions historically evolved by modulating the specific frequency range, whereas the approach applied to solving this problem is to allow the user to prescribe the location of a relay and rapidly introduce that physical relay (capable of loitering for sufficient time to allow for two-way communications) into their environment. The envisioned device could utilize existing tools to deploy its innovative technology. Additional variants could be developed as part of all-in-one kits supplied to outdoors enthusiasts. The principal scientific and engineering research objectives are to engineer, develop, and design electronic components small enough to fit in the desired form factor, yet rugged enough to withstand the significant set-back forces associated with ballistic, short-tube launches. Computer aided design/manufacturing (CAD/CAM) processes will be used to model, prototype, test, and evaluate the design. Once that task is completed, the device will be able to safeguard the lives of first responders and outdoors enthusiasts globally.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

这项小型企业创新研究（SBIR）I阶段项目将将无线通信设备的范围扩展到严峻而遥远的环境。公共安全机构现在将能够更有效地利用可用的资源，精确地将受苦的个人和/或将需要的个人与特定的资源和人员联系起来，以促进其救援。支持螺旋桨的弹丸辅助辅助/传输中继（Parrot）技术将使需要在偏远地区或紧急情况下进行沟通的平民市场受益。潜在客户包括他们的职业或假期将他们带入严峻的地点的个人，在这些地点可能会受到有效沟通的能力。此外，鹦鹉将是一个救生设备，适用于经常需要工作的个人，他们在缺乏强大或运行的通信基础设施的领域：商业卡车司机，海关和边境巡逻队（CBP）代理商，联邦紧急事务管理局（FEMA）响应者（FEMA）响应者，搜索和救援团队等。这项小型企业创新研究（SBIR）I阶段项目强调了如何通过调节特定频率范围来发展通信解决方案，而用于解决此问题的方法是允许用户规定用户规定的位置继电器并迅速介绍了物理继电器（能够在足够的时间里游荡以进行双向通信）进入其环境。设想的设备可以利用现有工具来部署其创新技术。可以作为户外发烧友提供的多合一套件的一部分开发其他变体。主要的科学和工程研究目标是工程，开发和设计电子组件，足以适应所需的外形，但足够坚固，足以承受与弹道，短管发射相关的重要固定力。计算机辅助设计/制造（CAD/CAM）过程将用于建模，原型，测试和评估设计。一旦完成该任务，该设备将能够在全球范围内维护第一响应者和户外发烧友的生活。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并被认为是值得通过基金会的知识分子和更广泛影响的评估评估标准来通过评估来提供支持的。