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Crop inspection is as essential today as it was at the birth of agriculture. Then and now, growers move among the fields to visually inspect plants, identifying and assessing the presence of infection and disease, deficiencies in water and nutrients, impact of environmental factors, the timing of harvests and predicting the expected yield.nbsp;However, human inspection is subject to the limitation ...

Nokomis proposes a real-time system to perform multi-node abnormality detection and identification in conjunction with wireless sensor development for propulsion system monitoring. The abnormality detection and identification will be achieved by extending Nokomisrsquo; high-sensitivity Hiawatha radio frequency (RF) detection technology.Typical motor conditions detected with Electromagnetic Interfe ...

In order to provide a fast, simple and reliable way of identifying inorganics and organics present in the water systems aboard the ISS (and potentially other spacecraft), we propose to develop a robust, portable and easy-to-use sensor system based on solid-state nanopore technology. The system would enable in situ detection and quantification of analytes of interest by utilizing a low noise and lo ...

The Controls and Load Alleviation Simulation Platform (CLASP) framework was developed in the NASA STTR Phase I activity preceding this Phase II proposal. CLASP has been created to perform time-domain simulations of gust and turbulence encounters with a focus on UAM and VTOL aircraft concepts. The centerpiece of CLASP is a Simulink flight simulation model that has been developed with significant mo ...

The central thrust of this program is to provide NASA with higher performance components that can engender large advances in performance of satellite thruster systems while also introducing large SWaP savings and improved reliability as to meet the needs of the rapidly increasing smaller satellite market.nbsp; QorTek is proposing a revolutionary design of a subcompact solid-state (textured ceramic ...

NASA is seeking propulsive capability for SmallSats and modular CubeSats for several lunar, interplanetary, and deep space missions. Because of their small size, CubeSats can be transported into orbit, using excess capacity of large launch vehicles ridesharing as secondary payloads. A downside of ridesharing is that satellites are often released into unfavorable trajectories/orbits that require hi ...

As the power density of advanced engines increases, the need for new materials that are capable of higher operating temperatures, such as ceramic matrix composites (CMCs), is critical for turbine hot-section static and rotating components. Such advanced materials have demonstrated the promise to significantly increase the engine temperature capability relative to conventional super alloy metallic ...

Recurring slope linae (RSL), such as those in Newton Crater on Mars, methane plumes in hazardous Martian terrain, and water ice discovered during the LCROSS experiment in the Moon?s permanently shadowed Cabeus Crater drive the need for a new generation of robotic explorers that access, probe, extract, and return resources from extreme terrains. These robots must possess sufficient system-level aut ...

The program is focused on developing high temperature energy harvesting devices that can convert waste energy (primarily vibratory) such as the mechanical disturbance from thrusters as to include waste exhaust created during operational conditions. The program focus is on developing very high performance devices that are extremely robust and that can continuously operate at up to 500 C. The purpos ...

High-energy space radiation from Galactic Cosmic Rays and Solar Particle Events (SPEs) pose significant risks to equipment and astronaut health in NASA missions. Energetic particles from SPEs associated with flares and coronal mass ejections (CMEs) may adversely affect not only beyond-Low-Earth-Orbit missions, but also aircraft avionics, communications, and airline crew/passenger health. It is cru ...