SBIR Phase I: Computer Simulation of Science and Technical Laboratory Exercises for Physically-Disabled Students

小行星9561647 这个小企业创新研究第一阶段项目将在Words+，Inc.进行。重点是使身体条件较差的学生能够进行物理科学的实验室实验。 它的目的是测试开发有效的计算机模拟实验室实验的第一原理的数学模型的基础上，可以运行的残疾学生在个人电脑上的绝对最低限度的电机输入的可行性。 它结合了：（1）最先进的个人计算机技术;（2）关于各种机械、化学、电、磁和光学过程的动态模拟的现有知识;以及（3）由Words+公司开发的现有技术，使严重残疾的人能够用很少的动作-只要眨一下眼睛-就能操作复杂的计算机软件。 能够亲身体验模拟实验的结果并控制这些实验的设置和操作，将改变实验室中身体残疾人的视角，从旁观者转变为积极参与者。 这种新的能力可以激励更多的残疾学生从事科学或需要科学背景的职业，从而增强那些大脑功能良好但身体阻止他们从事更多体力工作的人的能力，以实现他们的潜力。 英国剑桥大学的著名理论天体物理学家斯蒂芬·霍金教授（Words+用户）就是一个明显的例子，他是一个严重身体残疾的人，却为科学做出了重大贡献。 残疾人可以运行的软件也可以由健全人运行，因此该项目的结果有可能导致具有强大商业潜力的软件。 这项工作的最后商业产品将是光盘或其他类似的媒体，其中包含涵盖广泛科学和技术学科的软件模拟，并通过大众市场渠道分发给世界各地的高中生和大学生。 精确的第一原理模拟目前在一些行业中使用。 它在教育中的使用是不可避免的，并且可以预期在可预见的未来随着数学模型所基于的知识基础的改进和可负担得起的计算机资源的继续增加而不断发展

9561647 Woltosz This Small Business Innovation Research Phase I project to be conducted at Words+, Inc. focuses on enabling physically-disadvantaged students to conduct laboratory experiments in the physical sciences. It is designed to test the feasibility of developing efficient computer simulations of laboratory experiments based on first principle mathematical models that can be run by disabled students on personal computers with an absolute minimum of motor input. It combines: (1) state-of-the-art personal computer technology; (2) existing knowledge about dynamic simulations of a variety of mechanical, chemical, electrical, magnetic, and optical processes; and (3) existing technologies developed by Words+, Inc., that enable persons with severe disabilities to operate sophisticated computer software with very little motion--as little as the blink of an eye. The ability to experience firsthand the results of simulated experiments and to control the setup and operation of those experiments will change the perspective of the physically-disabled person in the laboratory from that of a spectator to an active participant. This new capability can serve to motivate more disabled students to seek careers in the sciences or careers requiring scientific background, thus empowering those whose brains function well but whose bodies prevent them from working in more physical forms of employment in their efforts to realize their potential. The famous theoretical astrophysicist Professor Stephen Hawking of the University of Cambridge in England (a Words+ user) is a clear example of a severely physically-disabled person who is making major contributions to science. Software that can be run by the physically-disabled can also be run by the able-bodied, so the results of this project have the potential to lead to software with strong commercial potential. The final commercial products from this effort will be CD-ROM's or other similar media with softwape simulations covering a wide range of scienc e and technical disciplines and distributed through mass market channels to high school and university students around the world. Accurate, first principle simulation is currently used in some industries. Its use in education is both inevitable and can be expected to evolve continuously for the foreseeable future as the knowledge base on which mathematical models are derived improves and as affordable computer resources continue to increase