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DESIGN AND FABRICATION OF SOLID-STATE DIRECTION-INDICATING APPARATUS, WITH TILT-IMMUNITY, THAT PROVIDES AN AUDIBLE OR TACTILE INTERFACE WITH THE USER. REDUCED SIZE TO ALLOW ENCAPSULATION IN A TYPICAL WALKING CANE. A DEVICE WILL BE DESIGNED THAT WILL PROVIDE A VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSON WITH AN INDICATION OF HORIZONTAL DIRECTION, WITH RESPECT TO THE EARTH'S MAGNETIC FIELD. THE DEVICE WILLALSO SIGNAL ...

COMPUTERS ARE WIDELY USED AS WORKSTATIONS IN TECHNICAL AND BUSINESS APPLICATIONS. THE JOBS ASSOCIATED WITH WORKSTATIONS REMAIN UNAVAILABLE TO MOST OF THE SEVERELY HANDICAPPED POPULATION BECAUSE THEY REQUIRE NORMAL DEXTERITY IN ONE OR BOTH HANDS TO CONTROL THE KEYBOARD AND MOUSE OR OTHER POINTING DEVICE. WORKSTATIONS ARE BASED ON AWIDE VARIETY OF HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE PLATFORMS, MAKING MODIFICATION ...

SUCCESSFUL APPLICATION OF ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORKS (ANNS) TO ROBOTIC CONTROL, COMPUTER VISION, ADVANCED SIGNAL PROCESSING AND SPEECH RECOGNITION, REQUIRE TWO ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE INCREASE IN EXECUTION SPEED AND STORAGE SIZE OVER COURRENT ANN SIMULATION EQUIPMENT. IMPORTANT ALSO, IS THE NEED FOR EQUIPMENT THAT IS APPROPRIATE FOR PROLIFERATED APPLICATION OF ANNS TO A DIVERSE FIELD OF COMPUTERS AND ...

DESIGNING AND TESTING SURFACE SEARCH RADARS FOR DETECTING SMALL TARGETS ON SEA CLUTTER REQUIRES KNOWLEDGE OF THE MAGNITUDE AND TIME VARYING NATURE OF THE RADAR CROSS SECTION (RCS) OF BOTH THE TARGET AND THE SEA CLUTTER. A MAJOR FACTOR IN ESTABLISHING CLUTTER AND TARGET RCS IS THE MULTIPATH PHENMENON. IN THIS CONNECTION THE NAVY (DAVID TAYLOR RESEARCH CENTER) HAS RECENTLY ESTABLISHED A FACILITY (SC ...

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ATOMIZED LIQUID SPRAY FILTRATION SYSTEMS ADDRESS THE DEFICIENCIES OF THE CURRENT BARRIER-TYPE FILTRATION SYSTEMS. PRESSURE DROP ACROSS THE LIQUID SPRAY IS LOW BECAUSE THERE IS NO OBSTRUCTION TO THE AIRFLOW; THUS THE SYSTEM WILL REQUIRE LESS SPACE AND CAN OPERATE WITH CONVENTIONAL VENTILATION FANS. THE PRESSURE DROP DOES NOT INCREASE WITH TIME BECAUSE THERE IS NO BUILDUP OF PARTICULATE ON A FILTER ...