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Ecovative Design uses grown mycelium structures to bind agricultural and wood byproducts into inherently nontoxic_x000D_ products containing no added urea formaldehyde or flame-retardant chemicals. This research program focuses_x000D_ on maturing mycelium technology for use in the production of large scale board products, from low density (LD) particle board to acoustic panels and thermal insulati ...

The degree of corrosion for steel wall enclosures, buildings, tanks, and pipes can be inferred by measuring the thickness of the steel .Standard practice is for inspectors to use hand-held ultrasonic instruments that require the application of a couplant for acceptable measurements.This practice is very slow and laborious.For silos, an autonomous wall climbing system is proposed that uses an EMAT ...

Aqueous film-forming foams (AFFFs) have been used for decades by public, commercial and military firefighting organizations to fight hydrocarbon fires. AFFFs containing fluorinated surfactants have superior firefighting capabilities, but many are classified as persistent, bio-accumulative, and toxic. As a result, new, reliable, environmentally-friendly, fluorine-free firefighting foam concentrates ...

NASA wants a cost-effective atmospheric remote sensing system providing accurate temperature and humidity profiles to least 10 km height in clear and cloudy conditions. Radiometrics Microwave Profiler (MP) products currently provide accurate temperature and humidity profiles in good agreement with radiosondes to 3 km height. Good agreement can be extended beyond 10 km height using variational retr ...

Regenerative space life support will undoubtedly require food production, to recover nutrients and close the carbon loop in a spacecraft habitat. Aquatic plants have enormous potential for edible biomass production but have been little studied as potential food crops for space applications. The proposed μG-LilyPond™ is an autonomous environmentally controlled floating plant cultivation system ...

NDE corrosion monitoring of steel vessels, tanks, walls, and pipes involve steel thickness measurements, often with hand-held ultrasonic instruments that require the application of a couplant material, that isslow and labor intensive.For this confined space application,IEM proposes a Rapid Corrosion Inspector (RCI) that uses EMAT sensor technology with a build in machine vision camera system to au ...

PTFS will conduct research, perform analysis, and develop a prototype solution for AFDO to demonstrate how the EO 13526 declassification process can be semi-automated using technology to significantly improve productivity and accuracy. The prototype will be a complete solution allowing evaluation of the cradle to grave declassification process that currently starts with paper documents and ends wi ...

ATC-NY’s CYRIN Cyber Training Suite provides an effective training environment with accurate monitoring. CYRIN provides trainees with virtualized instances of exercises to provide a realistic and safe environment, so that attacks can be simulated without compromising the integrity of the system. CYRIN enables the instructor to observe the trainee’s progress through an automated monit ...

The proposed solution is to use Swimlane in a distributed deployment across various Air Force entities to create an automation and orchestration platform that enables timely and efficient Cross Domain Operations. CyberWinter Studios will utilize Swimlane, an “API First,� python based automation and orchestration platform, to create a system that allows disparate operational elements t ...

Robotic Research proposes the use of Local Motor’s Olli vehicle equipped with Robotic Research AutoDrive™ technology in an automated shuttle service to transport Air Force personnel and supplies within Air Force installations.