Below are free market research tools and new product development papers for several specific industries. You may also be interested in our Research Tools and Papers page for industries not listed below and those for the Boating and Marine Industry.
Recreation / Leisure / Fitness / Health Tools
Weight Loss Information Center
Educational information for making informed choices for losing weight, plus more indepth materials for educators and those researching obesity. Launched Nov. 2006.
4-H Risk Management Plans
Tools and references for writing 4-H Risk Management Plans for overall 4-H youth activities, camps, shooting camps, horse camps and other youth activities.
Correctional Recreation: a Bibliography
Extensive bibliography of correctional recreation research and news items.
Weightlifting in Prisons: a Bibliography
Very thorough bibliography of research and news coverage of weightlifting in prison.
Modeling the Process Used to Decide to Participate in Specific Recreation and Leisure Activities
Chart illustrates the process people use to select, develop and cease participation in specific recreational and leisure activities, including recreation specialization. We used to refer to this chart as the Recreation Funnel Chart. On our Strength Tech site.
State Budget Cuts and Correctional Recreation Adobe acrobat document
Current state budget shortfalls may impact correctional recreation, includes several research papers on benefits of correctional recreation. On our Strength Tech site.
Virtual Pet Tools
Tamagotchi Connection Information Center
Our full coverage of the new virtual pet from Bandai that connects to other Tamagotchi using an infrared link.
Fishing Games: The Evolution of Virtual Fishing Games
The evolution of virtual fishing games from hand held LCD games to computer games, arcade games, console games, mobile phone games, and other formats including force feedback, vibration (rumble pack) and other forms of haptic feedback.
Wireless Virtual Pets for Mobile Phones
Recent developments in WAP, i-mode and other wireless virtual pets. On our Virtual Pet Home Page.
Virtual Pet Technologies, Uses & Benefits and Market Case Studies
Extensive annotated bibliography of research papers in this field, many of them are online in full text. On our Virtual Pet Home Page.
Virtual Pet Patents
Extensive collection of patents for all types of virtual pets. On our Virtual Pet Home Page.
Tools for Engineering Educators
Technology Support Portals
Body Armor for IED Information Research Center
Technical, business and market information for those developing body armor for the extremities to
protect soldiers from Improvised Explosive Devices (IED)
Marine Diesel Engines & Marine Gas Turbines Information Center
Applications and market for large marine diesel engines and marine gas turbines.
Oklahoma Renewable Energy Technologies Support Portal
Tool for those researching and deploying renewable energy sources, alternative fuels, biomass, geothermal energy, ground source heat pumps, wind power and hydropower in Oklahoma
Ground Source Heat Pump Technology Support Portal
Technical papers, patents, market research and other information for those developing products in the Ground Source Heat Pump Industry.
Kitplane Market Statistics
Kitplane industry statistics, regulations, engines, market statistics and technologies. Also covers implications of the new sport pilot rule.
Downloadable Adobe viewer for Adobe Acrobat documents.
See Research Tools and Papers for Researching Other Markets
and the Boating Industry on our Research Tools and Papers Page
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