Microdesign Consulting Inc. of Colchester awarded EPSCor Grant

Lawrence Keyes, president, announces that Microdesign Consulting Inc. of
Colchester has been awarded a $10,000 grant from the Vermont Experimental
Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) to develop a
conferencing system for home-based health care.
The grant was awarded to Microdesign in collaboration with Dr. Ge Wu of
the University of Vermont Department of Physical Therapy.
The system, to be deployed using a television set-top box and high-speed
internet connection, is designed for home-based patients who have
difficulty traveling to a clinic for treatment or therapy.
The prototype device will support a study of elder patients who use Tai
Chi exercise to develop and maintain flexibility, balance and muscle tone.
Microdesign is a six year-old corporation in Colchester VT which
specializes in computer network design and information systems planning
and management.
The Vermont Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research
(EPSCoR) is widely recognized for providing leadership in connecting
Vermont's higher education community, the science and technology (S&T)
based private sector, and state government to couple high quality science
and engineering in Vermont with the type of economic development that
provides maximum benefit to the people of the state of Vermont.
The award winning VT Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase (0)
program, pioneered in Vermont in 1992, serves as a model for the other 22
EPSCoR states across the country. In 2003, 15 Phase (0) awards were made
to Vermont businesses. Since 1992 over eighty businesses have received
Phase (0) funding and over $8.2M in follow-on activity has resulted from
Phase (0) awardees. For more information, please contact Dr. Christopher
W. Allen, Project Director, VT EPSCoR at [email protected]