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The objective of Imaginative Technologies, LLC teamed with Yale University is to design and build a “breadboard”, real time, optical NEMS Based Methyl Salicylate Detector (MSD), capable of measuring the presence and concentration of a chemical agent simulant (methyl salicylate – MeS) beneath a protective garment. This proposed device, MSD, will be the size of a quarter so it may be comfortab ...

This project team will develop and test a prototype of Moby.Read, a stand-alone app for handheld devices or tablets. Using Moby.Read, grade school students will read a passage out loud and the speech-recognition software will generate an assessment of oral-reading fluency in real-time. The app is intended to replace face-to-face oral reading assessments done by teachers in order to save teachers t ...

Over 50 million Indian households cook on a bio-mass fire and have unreliable or no electricity but are anxious to purchase an affordable power stove which will provide on-demand power and lighting to their homes. Annually, projected sales of the power stove could save sixteen million trees, reduce cooking fire particulates by 90%, reduce the two million premature deaths caused from indoor air pol ...

Modern bioweapon detection systems are highly accurate, but require expensive reagents to operate. To reduce costs, a less discriminate trigger system is used to signal the primary detector when a suspicious aerosol is present. Currently deployed UV fluorescence based trigger systems operate successfully, but only work with fluorescent bioweapons. An advanced technology is urgently needed to ad ...

This Phase I SBIR proposal presents the Torch Technologies approach for the development of advanced, innovative, robust real-time algorithms for the integration of passive and active electro-optical sensor detections and identification information. In our proposal, we detail our ideas regarding the optimal fusion of Chemical Warfare (CW) agent sensor data within the innovative data fusion archite ...

For applications in DoD satellite systems, devices based on novel nanomaterials offer significant advantages over traditional technologies in terms of light-weight and efficiency. Examples of such novel devices include quantum dot (QD) based solar cells, photodetectors, radars and sensors. However, the response of these devices to radiation effects is not well understood, and radiation effects mod ...

The Sendero Group, pioneers in accessible way finding for individuals who are blind or visually impaired, proposes to develop a Global Access Information Navigator (GAIN) system. This system will be designed to collect, enhance and share location-based information to empower an individual who is blind or visually impaired with relevant information for use in determining the optimal sequence to ut ...

This project team will develop and test a prototype an online platform to facilitate engineering project challenges within K–12 classrooms across many schools. The prototype will include a content management platform to enable a high volume of challenges for students to conduct projects on a broad range of STEM topics, such as computer coding, digital modeling, or producing simulations. In a pil ...

This SBIR addresses EPA’s need for improved sampling and analysis technologies to detect Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS). PFAS are used in firefighting sprays, at airports, and for wild fires, and have been used in textile treatments (e.g., it is a component in Scotchgard). It is estimated that 65 million Americans are at risk of PFAS exposure in their drinking water. Seacoast propose ...

This program will demonstrate how additive manufacturing technologies can be used with reactive and high energy materials to create rapid and flexible fabrication of payload and munitions. Our primary approach to this problem will be to use powder bed binder printing techniques to print reactive structures. The anticipated feedstock will consist of composite particles containing all reactant spe ...