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AIDING THE HEARING HANDICAPPED IN PERCEIVING SPEECH BY THE SENSE OF TOUCH REQUIRES FIRST THAT SPEECH CUES BE ACQUIRED AND RECONSTRUCTED TO LOW DATA RATE FORM, COMPARABLE TO THAT CONVEYED BY VISUAL SIGNING AND TACTILE BRAILLE. SEVERAL PROMISING CUE EXTRACTING METHODS ARE DESCRIBED BASED ON EXISTING COVOX WORLD RECOGNITION PRODUCTS AS WELL AS ON STATISTICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING TECHNIQUES WHICH USE OVE ...

RESEARCH WILL BE CONDUCTED BY HICHEM CORPORATION, TO DEVELOP A NEW TECHNOLOGY FOR PYROLYSIS OF SCRAP TIRES. DISPOSAL OF USED TIRES IS A BIG PROBLEM IN THE WORLD, ESPECIALLY USA, SINCE MORE THAN 2.5 MILLION TIRES ARE DISCARDED EACH YEAR. MOST OF THESE TIRES ARE DISPOSED IN LANDFILLS. PYROLYSIS OF SCRAP TIRES HELPS TO RECOVER AND REUSE MOST OF THE VALUABLE CHEMICAL AVAILABLE IN TIRES. PYROLYSIS OF S ...

SOFTWARE FOR PUBLIC-ACCESS INFORMATION SYSTEMS, SUCH AS PUBLIC LIBRARY ARE ONLINE CATALOG SYSTEMS, HAVE BEEN DESIGNED WITH RELATIVELY LITTLE ATTENTION TO THE COGNITIVE AND SENSORY ABILITIES OF SPECIAL CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS WHO MIGHT ACCESS SUCH SYSTEMS. THE PRESENT PROPOSAL EXAMINES THE TECHNICAL FEASIBILITY OF DESIGNING SOFTWARE INTERFACES FOR PUBLIC-ACCESS INFORMATION SYSTEMS THAT UTILIZE PI ...

THIS PROJECT WILL DEVELOP A COMPUTER ADMINISTERED STANDARDIZED ACHIEVEMENT TESTING (CASAT) SYSTEM FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES. USING THIS SYSTEM INSTEAD OF CURRENT PROCEDURES REQUIRING ADMINISTRATION BY A CERTIFIED TEACHER OR PSYCHOLOGIST WILL SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE TESTING COSTS FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS. THE CASAT SYSTEM WIL ...

SIDEWALK RAMPS, ADOPTED FOR THE SAFETY AND CONVENIENCE OF WHEELCHAIR BOUND CITIZENS, HAVE EXHIBITED A NUMBER OF SHORTCOMINGS. MILLIONS OF DOLLARS HAVE BEEN SPENT, AND WILLCONTINUE TO BE SPENT, FOR THE CONVERSION OF CURBS INTO RAMPSA LESS THAN SATISFACTORY SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM. A MORE FEASIBLE APPROACH TO ALTERING THE MILLIONS OF CURBS IS THE ADDITION OF CURB CLIMBING CAPABILITIES TO THE FIFTY T ...

Biomass heating/cooking stoves in developing countries do not efficiently cook food or heat houses, while consuming too much fuel and emitting pollution resulting in respiratory illnesses, premature death, and climate change. Affordable technologies found in 1.) EPA approved heating stoves, 2.) DOE funded cooking stoves, and 3.) TEG (thermoelectric generation) lighting devices, improve heating, co ...