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USE OF A SENSOR TO MEASURE THE OCULAR PULSE OF AIRCRAFT PILOTS UNDER STRESSFUL CONDITIONS, CAN PROVIDE THE BASIS FOR A COMPUTER CONTROLLED SYSTEM TO AUTOMATICALLY OR OTHERWISE LOSING CONTROL. BASIC NON-INVASIVE TESTS NORMALLY USED TO ESTIMATE AN INDIVIDUAL'S CIRCULATORY SYSTEM DO NOT PROVIDE ADEQUATE INDICATION OF CRITICAL PHYSIOLOGICAL "BREAK" POINTS. THE PRIMARY TECHNICAL OBJECTIVES IN PHASE I I ...

WEAR, LUBRICATION FAILURE AND PRODUCT DEFECTS AUTOMATED MACHINING IS PROPOSED. THE INSTRUMENT WOULD CONTINUOUSLY MONITOR AUTOMATED METALWORKING ON LATHES, MILLING MACHINES, DRILL PRESSES AND PUNCH PRESSES, AND WOULD BE CAPABLE OF SELF-OPTIMIZING ADAPTIVE MACHINING CONTROL. A THEORETICAL BACKGROUND IS PROVIDED WHICH INDICATES THAT TOOL WEAR, LUBRICATION FAILURE AND PRODUCT DEFECTS CAN BE IDENTIFIED ...

THERE IS A NEED FOR HIGH SPEED EXTRACTION OF USEFUL INFORMATION FROM VARIOUS SENSORS IN TACTICAL SITUATIONS. CURRENT APPROACHES ARE SLOW, INACCURATE AND REQUIRE EXCESSIVE MEMORY FILES. THE PROPOSED PROJECT DEFINES AN INNOVATIVE SYSTEM WHICH PROVIDES IMPROVEMENTS OVER EXISTING TECHNIQUES THROUGH USE OF CONTINUAL OUTPUT, VARIABLE MESSAGELENGTH, ADAPTIVE MATCH CRITERIA TECHNIQUES. THE STUDY WILL PROV ...

THE PROBLEM PROPOSED IN THIS PROPOSAL IS THE WIDENING GAP BETWEEN EMERGING ELECTRONICS R&D AND AMERICAN MANUFACTURES ABILITY TO EFFECTIVELY PRODUCE THE NEXT GENERATION OF PRINTED WIRING ASSEMBLIES. AN OPPORTUNITY CURRENTLY EXISTS TO INITIATE LONG TERM SOLUTIONS FOR IMPROVING OUR MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGIES BY USING THE LATEST GENERATION OF COMPUTERS, VISION SYSTEMS, AND MECHANICS TO PROVIDE AN INTE ...

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OF AUTOMATING THE USE OF THE UNDERLYING LEARNING CURVE (ULC)APPROACH FOR USE BY CONTACT ADMINISTATION ORGANIZATIONS. THEUNDERLYING LEARNING CURVE (ULC) TECHNIQUE COMBINES BOTH ENGINEERING AND PARAMETRIC ESTIMATING APPROACHES TO PROVIDE A "SHOULD COST" ESTIMATE OF DIRECT LABOR. ULC ALLOWS THE DISCIPLINED INTEGRATION OF THE DATA FOUND IN THE CONTRACTOR'S WORK MEASUREMENT AND COST ACCOUNTING SYSTEMS ...

TO ACHIEVE ADAPTIVE CONTROL, FAULT DIAGNOSTICS, SAMPLED DATA OF MACHINE PERFORMANCE AND TOOL WEAR, MODERN MACHINE TOOLS REQUIRE RELIABLE SENSING OF ONE OR MORE OF SIX FORCE COMPONENTS (X,Y,Z,TORQUE, A&B MOMENTS) ACTING ON THE TOOL. PRESENT FORCE SENSING METHOD EITHER HAVE INSUFFICIENT RESOLUTION TIME RESPONSE, ARE COSTLY TO INSTALL, CALIBATE AND REPLACE, LACK A RELIABLE, LOW COST AND EASY TO INSTA ...

PRESENT THRUST SENSING METHODS ON ROCKET ENGINE GROUND TEST STANDS EITHER HAVE INSUFFICIENT RESOLUTION AND TIME RESPONSE, ARE COSTLY TO INSTALL, CALIBRATE AND REPLACE OR RESULT IN \REQUIRE SIGNIFICANT ADDED STRUCTURAL COMPLAINCE. A REVOLUTIONARY METHOD OF ACCURATELY SENSING SMALL FORCES APPLIED TO RIGID MEMBERS HAS BEEN DISCOVERED BY CAMTECH. IT INVOLVES ATTACHING OR IMPLANTING A UNIT CALLED A MIH ...