Functional brain imaging research gets worldwide attention
February 2008
Archinoetics is currently developing 'Brain Painting' applications that allows people to paint on a digital canvas using only their thoughts. This is part of research conducted under a National Science Foundation grant to create brain-computer interfaces. Recently, this work was featured at the University of Virginia in Oscar as well as in India in the Mumbai Mirror.

Archinoetics celebrates another year of success
December 2007
In 2007, Archinoetics expanded its team, won competitive contracts and grants, and presented its research at international conferences. The company broadened and augmented its areas of expertise through new employees as well as new contracts. To celebrate a succesful 2007, Archinoetics held its third annual holiday party on a sunset sailing trip off the west coast of Oahu.

Expert in Fatigue Management Joins Archinoetics
November 2007
Dr. John Caldwell recently joined Archinoetics as a senior scientist and is a leader in the field of fatigue management.
Before coming to Archinoetics, Dr. Caldwell was at the U.S. Air Force where he conducted research, training, and consultations designed to enhance and sustain the effectiveness of the operational aviation community. He is a fatigue-management consultant for United Airlines, NASA, the Army, the Air Force, and the Marines. Read more about Dr. John Caldwell.

Expert in Physiological Signals Analysis Joins Archinoetics
Novemeber 2007
Dr. Chris Russell recently joined Archinoetics as a senior scientist. He has over 25 years of military research experience. He has seventeen years of experience in the conception, design and execution of exploratory development research to evaluate interface design concepts. Over the last twelve years, he planned and designed data processing and intelligent algorithm development using stochastic estimation, signal processing, pattern classification and spectral analysis approaches for operator functional state in complex AF operator workstations at the Air Force Research Laboratory. Read more about Dr. Chris Russell.

Archinoetics wins prestigious Tibbetts Award
October 2007
These prestigious, national awards are made annually to those small firms, projects, organizations and individuals judged to exemplify the very best in SBIR achievement. The emphasis is on recognizing those accomplishments where, in the judgment of those closely involved and often most immediately affected, the stimulus of SBIR funding has made an important and definable difference. Archinoetics will be given the 2007 Tibbetts Award at the award ceremony in Washington, DC on October 10, 2007.

Hunter Downs wins 'Top High Tech Leader' award
October 2007
Archinoetics Chief Science Officer Hunter Downs was recognized in the 7th annual 'Flavors of Technology' ceremony for being one of Hawaii's 'Top 40 High Tech Leaders'. Says Dr. Downs, 'I think the key to the growth of Hawaii's technology industry is to promote entry into the industry by young adults / students; impassion them to innovate with new ideas; and then to train them to identify development opportunities for those ideas.'

New grant with NOAA's B-WET program
October 2007
Project will involve extensive collaboration with a local middle school to give sixth-grade students a hands-on experience with the use of technology in monitoring the environment. The project will teach students about the importance of being responsible stewards of the environment.

Company adds to its team
September 2007
After recent hires, Archinoetics has more than doubled in size since 2005. Recent additions to the team will help expand Archinoetics' capabilities in scientific research and business expansion. Chief Operating Officer Dr. Traci Downs indicates that 2008 will bring additional hires as Archinoetics expands commercialization efforts through subsidiaries or with strategic partners.

Members of Congress visit Archinoetics
August 2007
Senator Akaka, Congressman Abercrombie, and Congresswoman Hirono toured Archinoetics' office and learned about various research and development projects. Click on the photo below to enlarge it.

New NSF grant for brain-computer interfaces
July 2007
Archinoetics was notified that it has won a National Science Foundation grant in collaboration with the University of Virginia and Georgia Tech. The focus of the work will be on developing unique brain-computer interfaces for those with severe paralysis and disabilities, such as that resulting from ALS.

Team publishes three papers at HCII 2007
July 2007
Several members of the Archinoetics team went to Beijing, China to present three papers at the Human-Computer Interaction International (HCII) conference. Archinoetics' presented its functional brain imaging research in the Augmented Cognition track of the conference as well as in other areas.

Tour for high school students
June 2007
Archinoetics showed off its work to a group of local high school students interested in pursuing higher education in science and technology.

Summer internships
May 2007
Archinoetics welcomes four college and high school interns for the summer, including two students who are returning for their second summer with Archinoetics.

Archinoetics makes donation for student artists in Hawaii
May 2007
Archinoetics' donation will help the Congressional Arts Competition in Hawaii give awards to students who have demonstrated creative talents.

Archinoetics at the Hawaii State Capitol
April 2007
Archinoetics took part in Science and Tech Day at the Hawaii State Capitol, explaining its technologies to Hawaii's elected officials.

Archinoetics turns two
March 2007
In its first two years later, Archinoetics has expanded its staff and explored new areas of research and development.

SBIR award from DARPA
January 2007
Archinoetics has been awarded an SBIR from DARPA and the US Army Aviation and Missile Command to develop a system (called F-PAS) for intelligently automating the steps in designing reprogrammable hardware.

Award for developing physiologic system interfaces
January 2007
Archinoetics has received funding from TATRC (US Army Medical Research and Material Command) through the Pacific Telehealth Hui. The goal of this research is to demonstrate the potential performance increase when operators' physiologic signals are incorporated as an integral part of their interface to a computer or system

Archinoetics launches Sleep Performance Inc.
January 2007
Sleep Performance Inc. offers products and services that assist individuals and companies in analyzing the impact of sleep problems and fatigue on performance.

HTDV award for harbor monitoring system
October 2006
Archinoetics has won an award from the Hawaii Technology Development Venture (HTDV) to pursue research on applying intelligent algorithmns for surveillance of ports and harbors.

Phase II SBIR awarded for GLOC prediction
September 2006
Archinoetics was notified that it has won a Phase II SBIR award from the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR). The new funding will enable Archinoetics to continue its work on developing a system to predict GLOC and ALOC in pilots performing high-G maneuvers.

Traci Downs appears on 'High Tech Hawaii' TV show
September 2006
Dr. Downs (at center in photo below) appeared on the University of Hawaii's monthly television live call-in show, 'High Tech Hawaii', to discuss the research and development at Archinoetics. The topic of the month was 'Advancing Hawaii's High Tech Industry'.

Archinoetics on MSNBC and in Pacific Business News
July 2006
This week Archinoetics was the focus of a full page feature in the Pacific Business News. The article, which is also included on MSNBC.com, highlights Archinoetics' focus on creativity as its strategy for success in the high tech industry. The printed version (PDF) of the article contains photos not present online.

Traci Downs wins the 'Forty Under 40' award
June 2006
Traci H. Downs, Ph.D. (Archinoetics' Chief Operating Officer and Principal Owner) has been awarded this year's Pacific Business News 'Forty Under 40' award for the best business leaders in Hawaii under the age of 40. The award ceremony is to be held on June 22nd at the Hawaii Convention Center. More information and registration for this event can be found at the PBN website.

Archinoetics moves into a new, larger office
May 2006
Archinoetics' success during its first year in business has enabled it to more than double in size from its original six employees. Because of this growth, the company recently moved to a new, larger office in the Topa Financial Center on Bishop Street. The new space, which overlooks Aloha Tower and the Pacific Ocean, has exciting features including a custom-designed electrical engineering lab, a technology testing room, and improved conference facilities.

Archinoetics markets Fatigue Avoidance Scheduling Tool (FAST)
February 2006
FAST is a software decision aid designed to assess and forecast performance changes induced by sleep restriction and time of day. This information is intended to help managers and individuals design work and sleep schedules that will reduce the risk of fatigue and fatigue induced errors. FAST is a patented technology that Archinoetics markets under an exclusive license.
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Archinoetics wins ONR SBIR
January 2006
Archinoetics was just informed that it has received a Phase I SBIR from the Office of Naval Research (ONR) to develop a field-deployable network of medical intelligence gathering and diagnostic assistance. The project will be performed in collaboration with two other Hawaii-based companies: Akimeka and Referentia.

Exhibition at TechNet Asia-Pacific
December 2005
Archinoetics joined the Hawaii Technology Development Venture (HTDV) and the Office of Naval Research (ONR) at their exhibit booth at the TechNet Asia-Pacific conference in Waikiki.

Feature in Scientific American Mind
October 2005
Archinoetics has collaborated with Microsoft Research to build brain computer interfaces and assess the cognitive state of a user. An article in Scientific American Mind (Volume 16, Number 3) highlights this work.
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Archinoetics wins DARPA SBIR
September 2005
Archinoetics was just informed that it has received a DARPA Phase I SBIR to develop an evolutionary and neurobiologically inspired computational platform for autonomous vehicle control. The contract is $100K for a six-month effort.

Archinoetics Wins National Science Foundation Grant
August 2005
Archinoetics has been awarded a grant by the National Science Foundation (NSF) to develop environmental control systems for the disabled using its functional brain imaging, OTIS. The work will be performed in collaboration with research teams at the University of Virginia and Georgia Tech.

HCII & Augmented Cognition Conferences
July 2005
The Archinoetics team demonstrated the capabilities of its OTIS system at the HCI International and Augmented Cognition conferences at Caeser's Palace in Las Vegas. OTIS, an fNIR system for real-time functional brain imaging, was used in a closed-loop system designed with the University of Virginia and Carnegie Mellon University to improve human performance while multitasking through scheduling tasks based on the cognitive state of the user. Additionally, Archinoetics gave talks in two sessions discussing the unique hardware design of the OTIS system as well as its capability for use in a brain-computer interface system.

Archinoetics Wins Two New Contracts
July 2005
Archinoetics received two contracts totaling $41,282, matching just under $200,000 in grants from the U.S. Department of Defense.

Archimedes / WIT Summer College Internship Pilot
July 2005
Archinoetics is partnering with the Archimedes Hawaii Project and the Women in Technology (WIT) Project, Oahu Division, to provide valuable real-world experience to college interns in the fields of electrical and computer engineering.
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HTDV / ONR Tech Enterprise 2005
June 2005
Archinoetics presented its research on fatigue and performance modeling using genetic programming at this conference for high tech companies in Hawaii.

New Firm Researches Human Performance
April 2005
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Technology Expo
March 2005
Archinoetics was featured on Hawaii's KHON Evening News for our booth at the RoadRunner Technology and Internet Expo. Our presentation featured our robot 'Archibot Brain', who helped relay our message tirelessly all day long.

Boeing Frontiers: A New Kind of Thinking Cap
October 2004
Boeing Phantom Works Augmented Cognition group was featured in the Boeing news. Our OTIS fNIR system is shown off here with project manager Rich Edwards.
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DARPA SBIR Win
April 2003
Human System receives a Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) grant by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop a wireless version of its OTIS functional brain imaging sensor.

Thought Technology More Than a Brainstorm
October 2002
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DARPA SBIR Win
October 2002
Human Systems wins a Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) grant by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to pursue research investigating the potential for using human brain activity monitoring to detect cognitively significant events during the performance of Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (C4ISR) tasks.