TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER OPPORTUNITY: Apparatus and Method for Biofeedback Training (LAR-TOPS-289)

NASA’s Technology Transfer Program solicits inquiries from companies interested in obtaining license rights to commercialize, manufacture and market the following technology. License rights may be issued on an exclusive or nonexclusive basis and may include specific fields of use. NASA provides no funding in conjunction with these potential licenses. THE TECHNOLOGY: The technology combines virtual reality (VR) with a real environment. The VR provides sensory feedback. If performance is not optimal, the environment is disruptive. If optimal, the environment is stable / normal. The system is to provide feedback to train for self-regulation (e.g. relax on command) when performing tasks. Brainwave activity modulates augmented reality (AR), then once the action is taken, then VR takes over. Mental training is made objective by physiological measures. The technology provides an apparatus and method of performance-enhancing biofeedback training that has intuitive and motivational appeal to the trainee, by tightly embedding the biofeedback training in the actual task whose performance is to be improved; and, an apparatus and method of performance-enhancing biofeedback training that is operational in real-time, precisely at the moment when a task or exercise, such as an athletic or military maneuver, is required to be performed. The feedback behavior of the physical environment provided by the present invention has the added benefit of providing aids to visualization that the trainee can use in the real-world skill performance setting. To express interest in this opportunity, please submit a license application through NASA’s Automated Technology Licensing Application System (ATLAS) by visiting https://technology.nasa.gov/patent/LAR-TOPS-289 If you have any questions, please contact Langley Research Center at [email protected] with the title of this Technology Transfer Opportunity as listed in this FBO notice and your preferred contact information. For more information about licensing other NASA-developed technologies, please visit the NASA Technology Transfer Portal at https://technology.nasa.gov/ These responses are provided to members of NASA’s Technology Transfer Program for the purpose of promoting public awareness of NASA-developed technology products, and conducting preliminary market research to determine public interest in and potential for future licensing opportunities. No follow-on procurement is expected to result from responses to this Notice.