The Quad Chart is used by Program Managers of federal agencies to do an initial evaluation of promising new technology.

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Project/technology title
Overall Risk: HIGH X MEDIUM LOW SBIR/STTR Topic Number: Date: mm/dd/yy
CONCEPT REQUIREMENT
REQUIREMENT/PAYOFF: Identify and describe the need
driving technology development as well as its benefit to the
target Agency
DELIVERABLE: Description of product to be developed for
use and how it meets customer requirement
OBJECTIVE: Short statement explaining the technology
and its principal features
TRANSITION(S): Succinct strategy/plan for this project
that addresses how the technology will transition into a
system or platform
CONTACTS
Company: name website email
Company lead: “ phone “
Technologist: “ “ “
Fiscal POC: “ “ “
Concept
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Project/technology title
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Company name and website, your name/title and contact information
MAIN ACHIEVEMENT:
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HOW IT WORKS:
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ASSUMPTIONS AND LIMITATIONS:
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•First bullet point
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more text as necessary.
•First key point
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What is the state of the
art and what are its
limitations?
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What are the key
new insights?
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What is the impact of
the project?
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What are the end-of-
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3. RIF Commercialization: The Last Mile

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Cloud Safety Systems TM
The Protection Cloud TM
Overall Risk: HIGH X MEDIUM LOW SBIR/STTR Topic Number: Date: 11/11/2014
CONCEPT REQUIREMENT
REQUIREMENT/PAYOFF:
• Wounded soldiers are most vulnerable to re-injury during rehab.
This device provides protection not previously available, to any
veteran who is at increased risk of injury from falls, significantly
reducing re-injuries.
• Additionally, there are large commercial markets for geriatric fall
protection and industrial fall protection that will save significant
medical cost for Medicare/Medicaid and in workers
compensation claims.
DELIVERABLE:
• Final fall detection algorithm analyzing accelerometer output
to initiate inflation of bladders
• Proof of concept, fully functional fall protection belt
• High resolution video of fall protection belt being deployed
OBJECTIVE:
Patent pending. Fall protection with circuitry that detects when a
fall is initiated and, using airbag technology, inflates a protective
cushion before a person reaches the floor or ground.
Substantially reducing injuries from falls.
TRANSITION(S):
• Contract with University of Texas at Arlington for development of
final algorithm and circuit integration.
• SSR&A to build 5 belts using current suppliers to provide ‘proof of
concept’ prototypes.
• Contract with Daicel Corp to use their test facility to test and video
the ‘proof of concept’ prototypes.
CONTACTS
Company: S.S. Richards & Associates LLC ssrichardsnassociates.com email
Company lead: Scott S. Richards PE, CSP 512 921-7067 scott@cloudsafetysystems.com
Technologist: Scott S. Richards PE, CSP 512 921-7067 scott@cloudsafetysystems.com
Fiscal POC: Scott S. Richards PE, CSP 512 921-7067 scott@cloudsafetysystems.com