Grantopedia

Red Hill Studios designs physical therapy computer games

Cayuse customers Red Hill Studios and the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) are using NIH funding to collaborate on building computer games that assist patients with Parkinson's disease improve their gait and balance.

UCSF and Red Hill were the first research team in the United States to receive federal funding in the burgeoning field of low-cost computerized physical therapy games. Unlike off-the-shelf computer games, these specialized games encourage scientifically tested specific physical movements to help people with functional impairments and diseases.

Read more at the Red Hill Studios site.

Caltech Ends 310-game Losing Streak

We like to point to noteworthy accomplishments at Cayuse customer sites, especially in the area of research. This one is a little off the research theme, but certainly merits mention: CalTech snapped a 310-game losing streak in conference basketball. Congratulations, Caltech!

The billion dollar research organization

That would be UCLA. Their history and reputation as a premier research university is well known, but they've been particularly effective in the last year. From the press release:

Now, for the first time, the campus has passed an important milestone illustrative of its comprehensive research program — $1 billion in competitively awarded research grants and contracts in a single year.

The largest sources of funding for UCLA are the NIH and the NSF. All or nearly all of the originating grant proposals were prepared and submitted via Cayuse 424. We're very proud to play our part in the ongoing success at UCLA. Go Bruins!

Two Cayuse Customers Partner in Game Research

Two Cayuse customers, one large, one small, have been awarded a pair of grants by the NIH to develop cutting edge physical therapy games for treatment of Parkinson's disease. Red Hill Studios, a "serious game developer," and the UCSF School of Nursing have been funded to continue development, production and testing of health-based computer games.

"These two grants are the start of what may become a massive new area of health care," said Bob Hone, creative director of Red Hill Studios.

Congratulations to both from the staff at Cayuse! Read more at the Red Hill Studios site.

Research with results: focus on Darfur

The Smithsonian magazine recently carried an article on Christina Galitsky's energy-efficient cookstove, which makes life a little easier for Darfur's refugees. This is the kind of research that matters, and the kind of research that drives the Cayuse mission.