CHARLESTON — Sens. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced a Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) award of $224,999 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to support the “Connecting Intentions to Actions” R&D project at Neurowired partnering with West Virginia University (WVU).
The project will develop more intuitive human-machine interface applications, helping reduce development time for companies looking to enter or expand medical and gaming entertainment technologies.
“WVU continues to be on the forefront of medical research and technology in our country and this funding will help further support these efforts,” Capito said. “The project has the capability to drastically change how we interact with biomedical technology and expand the current virtual reality market. Creating a product that converts muscle activity into tangible outputs will help our professionals make connections between neural commands and controlling various external devices such prosthetics limbs, virtual and augmented reality, training in robotic surgeries, and entertainment applications. Initiatives such as these are inspiring and show that future possibilities truly are endless. I look forward to the strides in neuroscience research as a result of this funding and product.”
“I am pleased the NSF is once again providing West Virginia University (WVU) with funding that supports their innovative research,” said Manchin. “Virtual and augmented reality continue to advance rapidly, and the potential for this technology is limitless. Research in this field is essential to progressing our knowledge and understanding of our interactions with machines, and I look forward to seeing West Virginia’s contributions to virtual and augmented reality innovation in the future.”