Topic: Bulk Currency Vapor Detection in Confined Spaces
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Each year, Mexican cartels smuggle approximately $28 to $39 billion from the United States to Mexico through the 417 “official” border crossings between the two countries. Estimates indicate that only 25% to 50% of that money is processed and laundered through financial institutions and… more
Topic: Software Based Roots of Trust for Enhanced Mobile Device Security
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Communication and commerce is shifting to smart phones, tablets and other mobile devices. With this shift, it is important to look at methods for improving the security of these devices and the applications that run on them. This is aided by having a firm foundation from which to build security and… more
Topic: Lost Person Locator for First Responders
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Across the United States on any given day there are as many as 100,000 active missing person cases, resulting in thousands of “lost person” searches each year. The frequency of “lost person” searches conducted by First Responders (Law Enforcement, Fire/Rescue, Search and… more
Topic: Structural Collapse Prediction Technology
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Numerous first responders have been killed in the line of duty as a result of structural collapse, from the 343 firefighters who lost their lives in the September 11, 2001 World Trade Center collapse to the firefighters and other first responders, and civilians who are killed or injured performing… more
Topic: Commodity Goods Counterfeit Detection
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Counterfeiting is a serious problem impacting customers and producers in the global economy. There are two separate issues - the economic impacts from purchasing a counterfeit consumer retail product, and the health risks associated with a consumer purchasing and consuming a counterfeit… more
Topic: Management of Mass Casualty Triage
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Current mass casualty triage patient tracking techniques rely on paper forms, analog voice communications, and colored vinyl tape or tags. At best, these techniques may also include the use of radio-frequency identification (RFID) tags. Although all these techniques are robust, have a long shelf… more
Topic: Affordable Non-Destructive Anomaly Detection for Perceived Hollow Spaces
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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has identified a need to detect narcotics, weapons, explosives or other contraband smuggled over the border, onto planes, or carried into public venues while concealed in hollow spaces such as bicycle, stroller, or wheelchair frames. Agents and officers… more
Topic: Pre-Shot Sniper Detection in Urban Environments
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Currently there is no product that can reliably detect and locate, in all weather conditions that a sniper would operate in, a sniper amongst the clutter of an urban environment before they fire their weapon. Although law enforcement can establish security perimeters and control items entering the… more
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For more than a decade, cognitive training has been explored as an intervention in a variety of neuropsychiatric disorders such as Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, anxiety, autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and schizophrenia, targeting specific impairments in neural system functioning at… more
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Purpose
This funding opportunity announcement (FOA) issued by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), National Institutes of Health (NIH) invites SBIR Phase I applications to design, build, and test novel orthotics that capitalize on… more