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Fish ecology and environmental research scientists have an urgent need for an automated fish identification system for biological research. Many fish species travel great distances during their life cycle. As they travel past a narrow passage on the rivers or dams that are equipped with a fish ladder, their species, size, total number, and the time can be recorded for migration pattern and populat ...

Animal diseases caused by prions may be transmitted to humans and can now only be detected by examing brain tissue of slaughtered animals. The goal of this project is to develop a blood-based test for disease causing prions.

Radio interoperability is a critical need for public safety. The Catalyst solution will provide direct communications between two-way radios used by fire fighters and other public safety personnel that can be quickly enabled and modified in the first, critical hours of a fire or terrorist event. It can be immediately deployed with legacy radios and legacy networks, saving lives, property, and tax ...

Forest Service and other first responder dispatchers need a tool to manage the migration from analog conventional to digital P25 transmissions and to link P25 control stations. In the long-term, conventional audio should be converted to the P25 format before it is routed across the network. In the short-term, some forests will need P25 audio converted to the analog format that they are using today ...

Prototype two SORAD units based on design developed in Phase I to meet SOF requirements and conduct the following research with the integrated hardware and software. - Conduct a Military Utility Assessment (MUA) with SOF personnel to assess human factors for man portable, standoff sensors and refine conceptual user interface from phase I design. - Test SORADS in austere SOF environments to ens ...

Luna Innovations proposes to develop for NIST a low-cost, yet high resolution acoustic sensor system capable of determining micro-degree changes in a water path caused by clinical medical radiation devices. The sensors are external to the water and play a negligible role in thermal transfer in contrast to current thermocouple devices in use today. An exciting element in this proposal is APPLES' ab ...

Understanding the dynamics of subsurface water movement is absolutely essential to managing water use and mitigating contamination of underground waters from surface sites or subsurface pumping. The goal of this project is to demonstrate a low-cost, highly accurate, quantitative autonomous monitor of groundwater flow dynamics.

Situation: The opportunity exists to help small, agricultural businesses in the U.S. dramatically increase their exports. This opportunity can be realized through the design, development and operation of an Agricultural Trade Network (ATN) that coordinates the activities and communication between all domestic and overseas stakeholders involved in the export/import process. Project Purpose: Design ...

ITAC will research the latest in communication and collection technologies, and develop a plug and play, scaleable architecture to satisfy SOF portable command center needs. At the completion of Phase I, a demonstration will be provided of a seamless communications and collection capability, which can monitor a local communications/electronic warfare environment, coordinate the collection process ...

Communications between fire fighting teams traditionally consists of two-way, trunked and conventional radios that severely degrade once inside of a building or tunnel. The proposed research is focused on solving the uninterrupted in-building and in-tunnel voice and data services which are critical for fire fighter safety. Innovative Wireless Technologies (IWT) of Forest, Virginia proposes a feasi ...