Grants and Contributions

Older adults experience barriers to achieving full postoperative potential during conventional, unsupervised in-home therapy, underscoring the need for innovative rehabilitation tools after total joint replacement (TJR). Before developing a vision-based in-home AR rehabilitation system to address this need, we must first understand the patient, condition, and needs. We will explore user perceptions, contexts, and preferences for an in-home rehabilitation system PAGE 4 after TJR; and obtain recommendations on user-interface design of the system. Our findings will guide NRC and collaborators in developing and implementing a prototype system. Long term, the system will support older adults to remain living at home by providing a user-applicable tool for rebuilding strength and mobility after a TJR procedure. Regaining sufficient mobility will increase participation in daily activities and in the community after TJR. Furthermore, monitoring for early signs of postoperative complications will ensure early treatment and medical intervention, avoiding crisis situations that may result in re-hospitalizations.

In this project, we aim to adapt an evidence-supported psychotherapeutic caregiver (CG) intervention called the CARERS program into a virtual reality (VR) simulation training platform. The project is co-led by a clinical research team with extensive expertise in dementia care and CG interventions and the NRC team with extensive expertise in health?care technological solution development and testing. We draw upon a large network of collaborators with clinical, simulation, implementation, knowledge mobilization (KMb), and healthcare technology expertise to collaborate with knowledge users (KUs), CGs and care stakeholders. The project goes through an evidence-based process of co-design, clinical content development, content validation, and VR development, followed by testing of the minimum viable product (MVP) while addressing implementation challenges. This project answers the call for Aging-in-Place for dementia CGs and persons living with dementia in a time when limited access to resources is exacerbated by the pandemic.

Improve the firm’s innovation in the design, engineering, and production of the Grain Giant.

International Co-Innovation Action Program (ICAP) project undertaken by FutureWELL is developing Authen, an agricultural blockchain technology platform focusing on the track and trace of food production, through the development of carbon scorecards monitoring the ESG activities of the entire supply chain.

Our revolutionary, patent pending device, called the Ibex, helps people prevent and recover from falls. It is a rollator walker with an elevating seat that descends to floor level, raises to a height of 24” and stops anywhere in between. It helps people reach lower items, transfer on/off low surfaces, conserve energy by perching at counter height and the seat folds so people can stand or walk inside the frame. In the unfortunate event a fall happens, it can lift the fallen person from the floor independently or with minimal assistance. It provides people the confidence and independence to continue their activities of daily living and those that bring them joy.

HonestDoor's core product, the HonestDoor Price, is currently updated monthly and relies on a number of manual processes. Through this project, the company will automate end to end data input and implement a machine learning model pipeline, improving the update frequency of the HonestDoor Price.

The essence of this project is to develop enhanced operational processes so as to optimize processing and management procedures which will allow the firm to achieve enhanced product quality, productivity and profitability.

The Project will support development of intellectual property capacity within the Firm.

The Project will support development of intellectual property capacity within the Firm.

The Project will support development of intellectual property capacity within the Firm.