There is a critical need for a high performance receiver that knows where it is, knows where the NWR transmitting stations are, tunes itself to the local NWR station (especially in a mobile environment), provides weather and warnings in both audio and text, requires little-to-no setup and can communicate with other devices such as external alarms and network systems that can better warn its owner of impending disaster wherever they may be. This SBIR Phase I project covers the research directed toward designing, prototyping, and establishing the feasibility of such as receiver or family of receivers to establish proof-of-principle. In Phase II, a fully engineered receiver will be built and delivered to NOAA and potential commercialization partners. SUMMARY OF
Anticipated Results: It is anticipated that in Phase I we will be able to determine the feasibility of integrating existing and yet-to-be developed technologies into a prototype that will demonstrate a receiver that not only knows where it is and where its local NWR station is with respect to location and frequency, but will produce weather and All-Hazard warnings for both hearing and hearing impaired as well as be able to broadcast its warning alerts to external devices using industry standard protocols so that 3rd party hardware and appliance manufacturers can easily interface to the device
